Jeremiah 17:2
Even their children remember to worship at their pagan altars and Asherah poles, set up by the green trees and on the high hills,
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In The King James Version
Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 3:7The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord's sight. They ignored the Lord their God and worshiped the images of Baals and Asherahs.
2 Chronicles 33:3He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he made altars for the Baals and set up Asherah poles. He worshiped the sun, moon, and stars and served them.
Psalms 78:58They made him angry with their pagan high places of worship; they made him jealous with their idols.
Isaiah 17:8They won't believe in the altars they built and the idols they made; they will not look to the Asherah poles or the altars of incense.
Jeremiah 7:18The children collect the firewood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven, and they pour out drink offerings to other gods to make me angry and hurt.
Hosea 4:13They offer sacrifices on the tops of mountains; they burn incense in the hills under the oak, poplar, and terebinth trees where the shade is pleasant. That's the reason why your daughters practice prostitution and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 17:2-5
The Guilt of Judah. ( b. c. 605.) 1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; 2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. 3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders. 4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I… Read the whole commentary →