Jeremiah 3:6
4 Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.
5 Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”
Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
7 I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.
8 She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
- KJV
- The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
- WEB
- Moreover, the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has played the prostitute there.
- ASV
- Moreover Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
- DARBY
- And Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what backsliding Israel hath done? She hath gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath committed fornication.
- BLB
- And YHWH said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
- ÅB
- Og Herren sa til meg i kong Josias' dager: Har du sett hva Israel, den frafalne kvinne, har gjort? Hun gikk opp på hvert høyt fjell og inn under hvert grønt tre og drev hor der.
- OTB
- I dagene til kong Josjia sa Herren til meg: “Har du sett hva troløse Israel har gjort? Hun har gått opp på hver høy bakke og under hvert frodig tre og begått ekteskapsbrudd der.
- B1930
- Og Herren sa til mig i kong Josias' dager: Har du sett hvad Israel, den frafalne kvinne, har gjort? Hun gikk op på hvert høit fjell og inn under hvert grønt tre og drev hor der.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 16:31
But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
Read in context2 Kings 17:7–17
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
Read in context1 Kings 14:23
They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:8
She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:11–14
And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:19–20
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Read in contextEzekiel 23:11
Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:2
Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.
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