Jeremiah 3:6

And, in the days of king Josiah, the Lord said to me: “Have you not seen what the apostate Israel has done? She has brought herself up to every lofty mountain, and she has lain down under every leafy tree, and she has committed fornication there.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5Why should you be angry unceasingly? And will you continue in this to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done evil, for you were able to do so.”

7And when she had done all these things, I said: ‘Return to me.’ But she did not return. And her deceitful sister Judah saw this:

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Cross References

Judges 2:17Fornicating with foreign gods and adoring them, they quickly deserted the way along which their fathers had advanced. And having heard the commandments of the Lord, they did all things to the contrary.

2 Kings 17:7For it happened that, when the sons of Israel had sinned against the Lord, their God, who had led them away from the land of Egypt, from the hand of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, they worshipped strange gods.

Psalms 106:39And they became few, and they were afflicted by the tribulation of evils and of sorrow.

Isaiah 57:7Upon a high and lofty mountain, you have placed your bed, and you have ascended to that place to immolate victims.

Jeremiah 2:20From ancient times, you have broken my yoke; you have torn apart my bonds, and you have said, ‘I will not serve.’ For on every high hill, and under every leafy tree, you have been debased, O harlot.

Jeremiah 3:11And the Lord said to me: “The apostate Israel has justified her own soul by comparing herself to the deceitful Judah.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 3:2-6

The Wickedness of Israel. ( b. c. 620.) 1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord . 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy… Read the whole commentary →

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