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Jeremiah 3:6

Josiah
Sin

4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.

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.

7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

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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.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 16:31

    In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

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  • 2 Kings 17:7–17

    For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

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  • 1 Kings 14:23

    For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

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  • Jeremiah 3:8

    And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

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  • Jeremiah 3:11–14

    And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

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  • Jeremiah 2:19–20

    Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

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  • Ezekiel 23:11

    And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.

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  • Jeremiah 17:2

    Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

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