Jeremiah 3:6 During the time Josiah was king, the Lord spoke to me. He said, “Have you seen what the people of Israel have done? They have not been faithful to me. They h...

3:6 NIrV

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New International Reader's Version - During the time Josiah was king, the Lord spoke to me. He said, “Have you seen what the people of Israel have done? They have not been faithful to me. They have committed adultery with other gods. They worshiped them on every high hill and under every green tree.
新标点和合本 - 约西亚王在位的时候，耶和华又对我说：“背道的以色列所行的，你看见没有？她上各高山，在各青翠树下行淫。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 约西亚王在位的时候，耶和华对我说：“你看见背道的以色列所做的吗？她上到各高山，在各青翠的树下行淫。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 约西亚王在位的时候，耶和华对我说：“你看见背道的以色列所做的吗？她上到各高山，在各青翠的树下行淫。
当代译本 - 在约西亚王执政期间，耶和华对我说：“你看见背信的以色列所行的了吗？她上到高山上、在绿树下淫乱。
圣经新译本 - 约西亚王在位的日子，耶和华对我说：“背道的以色列所作的，她怎样走上各高山，在每棵繁茂的树下行淫，你看见了没有？
现代标点和合本 - 约西亚王在位的时候，耶和华又对我说：“背道的以色列所行的，你看见没有？她上各高山，在各青翠树下行淫。
和合本（拼音版） - 约西亚王在位的时候，耶和华又对我说：“背道的以色列所行的，你看见没有？她上各高山，在各青翠树下行淫。
New International Version - During the reign 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 spreading tree and has committed adultery there.
English Standard Version - The Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah: “Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there played the whore?
New Living Translation - During the reign of King Josiah, the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what fickle Israel has done? Like a wife who commits adultery, Israel has worshiped other gods on every hill and under every green tree.
The Message - God spoke to me during the reign of King Josiah: “You have noticed, haven’t you, how fickle Israel has visited every hill and grove of trees as a whore at large? I assumed that after she had gotten it out of her system, she’d come back, but she didn’t. Her flighty sister, Judah, saw what she did. She also saw that because of fickle Israel’s loose morals I threw her out, gave her her walking papers. But that didn’t faze flighty sister Judah. She went out, big as you please, and took up a whore’s life also. She took up cheap sex-and-religion as a sideline diversion, an indulgent recreation, and used anything and anyone, flouting sanity and sanctity alike, stinking up the country. And not once in all this did flighty sister Judah even give me a nod, although she made a show of it from time to time.” God’s Decree.
Christian Standard Bible - In the days of King Josiah the Lord asked me, “Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? She has ascended every high hill and gone under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
New American Standard Bible - Then the Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every leafy tree, and she prostituted herself there.
New King James Version - The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.
Amplified Bible - Moreover, the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king [of Judah], “Have you seen what that faithless Israel has done—how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there she was a prostitute?
American Standard Version - 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.
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.
New English Translation - When Josiah was king of Judah, the Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, you have no doubt seen what wayward Israel has done. You have seen how she went up to every high hill and under every green tree to give herself like a prostitute to other gods.
World English Bible - Moreover, Yahweh 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.
新標點和合本 - 約西亞王在位的時候，耶和華又對我說：「背道的以色列所行的，你看見沒有？她上各高山，在各青翠樹下行淫。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 約西亞王在位的時候，耶和華對我說：「你看見背道的以色列所做的嗎？她上到各高山，在各青翠的樹下行淫。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 約西亞王在位的時候，耶和華對我說：「你看見背道的以色列所做的嗎？她上到各高山，在各青翠的樹下行淫。
當代譯本 - 在約西亞王執政期間，耶和華對我說：「你看見背信的以色列所行的了嗎？她上到高山上、在綠樹下淫亂。
聖經新譯本 - 約西亞王在位的日子，耶和華對我說：“背道的以色列所作的，她怎樣走上各高山，在每棵繁茂的樹下行淫，你看見了沒有？
呂振中譯本 - 當約西亞王執政的日子，永恆主對我說：『轉離正道的以色列所行的，你看見了沒有？她怎樣上了各高山，到了各茂盛樹下，在那裏行淫。
現代標點和合本 - 約西亞王在位的時候，耶和華又對我說：「背道的以色列所行的，你看見沒有？她上各高山，在各青翠樹下行淫。
文理和合譯本 - 當約西亞王時、耶和華諭我曰、悖逆之以色列、其所為者、汝見之乎、彼陟諸高岡、詣諸綠樹、行淫於彼、
文理委辦譯本 - 當約西亞王年間、耶和華告耶利米曰、以色列族有若淫婦、爾豈不見乎、彼背我、陟高巒、入茂林、狥欲而行。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 約西亞王在位之時、主諭我曰、背叛之以色列所行、爾豈未見乎、彼往各高山上、各茂樹下、崇事偶像、若淫婦行淫、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Durante el reinado del rey Josías el Señor me dijo: «¿Has visto lo que ha hecho Israel, la infiel? Se fue a todo monte alto, y allí, bajo todo árbol frondoso, se prostituyó.
현대인의 성경 - 요시야왕 때에 여호와께서 또 나에게 말씀하셨다. “네가 신의 없는 이스라엘이 행한 것을 보았느냐? 그가 모든 높은 산과 푸른 나무 아래서 창녀처럼 행하였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Во время правления царя Иосии Господь сказал мне: – Видел ли ты, что сделала эта изменница – Израиль? Она распутствовала на каждой высокой горе и под каждым тенистым деревом.
Восточный перевод - Во время правления царя Иосии Вечный сказал мне: – Видел ли ты, что сделала эта изменница – Исраил? Она распутствовала на каждой высокой горе и под каждым тенистым деревом.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Во время правления царя Иосии Вечный сказал мне: – Видел ли ты, что сделала эта изменница – Исраил? Она распутствовала на каждой высокой горе и под каждым тенистым деревом.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Во время правления царя Иосии Вечный сказал мне: – Видел ли ты, что сделала эта изменница – Исроил? Она распутствовала на каждой высокой горе и под каждым тенистым деревом.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - L’Eternel me dit au temps du roi Josias : As-tu vu ce qu’a fait Israël-l’infidèle ? Elle qui allait sur toute montagne élevée et sous tout arbre vert pour s’y prostituer.
リビングバイブル - ヨシヤ王の時代に、私に次のような主のことばがありました。「おまえは、イスラエルのしていることを見たか。ほかの男に体を許すみだらな妻のように、イスラエルはすべての丘の、すべての木の下で、ほかの神々を拝んできた。
Nova Versão Internacional - Durante o reinado do rei Josias, o Senhor me disse: “Você viu o que fez Israel, a infiel? Subiu todo monte elevado e foi para debaixo de toda árvore verdejante para prostituir-se.
Hoffnung für alle - Während der Regierungszeit von König Josia sprach der Herr zu mir: »Hast du gesehen, wie Israel mir die Treue bricht? Auf jedem Hügel, unter jedem dicht belaubten Baum, überall betrügt sie mich mit ihren Liebhabern.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vào thời cai trị của Vua Giô-si-a, Chúa Hằng Hữu phán bảo tôi: “Con có thấy những tội ác của Ít-ra-ên đã làm không? Như một người vợ phạm tội ngoại tình, Ít-ra-ên đã thờ phượng các thần trên mỗi ngọn đồi và dưới mỗi cây xanh.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ในรัชสมัยของกษัตริย์โยสิยาห์ องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าได้ตรัสกับข้าพเจ้าว่า “เจ้าเห็นสิ่งที่อิสราเอลผู้นอกใจทำหรือไม่? อิสราเอลคบชู้ด้วยการเที่ยวไปนมัสการพระต่างๆ บนภูเขาสูงทุกลูกและใต้ต้นไม้ใบดกทุกต้น
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้ากล่าวกับข้าพเจ้าในสมัยของกษัตริย์โยสิยาห์ดังนี้ว่า “เจ้าเห็นแล้วหรือยังว่า อิสราเอลผู้สิ้นความเชื่อได้ทำอะไรบ้าง นางขึ้นไปบนภูเขาสูงทุกลูกและใต้ต้นไม้อันเขียวชอุ่มทุกต้น และทำตัวเป็นหญิงแพศยาอยู่ที่นั่น

Cross Reference

1 Kings 14:23 - Judah also set up for themselves high places for worship. They set up sacred stones. They set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. They did it on every high hill and under every green tree.
Isaiah 57:7 - You have made your bed on a very high hill. You went up there to offer your sacrifices.
Ezekiel 16:31 - Your people built up mounds at every street corner. You put little places of worship on them in every market. But you did not really act like a prostitute. That’s because you refused to let your lovers pay you anything.
2 Kings 17:7 - All of this took place because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God. He had brought them up out of Egypt. He had brought them out from under the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. But they worshiped other gods.
2 Kings 17:8 - The Lord had driven out other nations to make room for Israel. But they followed the evil practices of those nations. They also followed the practices that the kings of Israel had started.
2 Kings 17:9 - The Israelites did things in secret against the Lord their God. What they did wasn’t right. They built high places for worship in all their towns. They built them at lookout towers. They also built them at cities that had high walls around them.
2 Kings 17:10 - They set up sacred stones. And they set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. They did that on every high hill and under every green tree.
2 Kings 17:11 - The Lord had driven out nations to make room for Israel. But the Israelites burned incense at every high place, just as those nations had done. The Israelites did evil things that made the Lord very angry.
2 Kings 17:12 - They worshiped statues of gods. They did it even though the Lord had said, “Do not do that.”
2 Kings 17:13 - The Lord warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers. He said, “Turn from your evil ways. Keep my commands and rules. Obey every part of my Law. I commanded your people who lived long ago to obey it. And I gave it to you through my servants the prophets.”
2 Kings 17:14 - But the people wouldn’t listen. They were as stubborn as their people of long ago had been. Those people didn’t trust in the Lord their God.
2 Kings 17:15 - They refused to obey his rules. They broke the covenant he had made with them. They didn’t pay any attention to the rules he had warned them to keep. They worshiped worthless statues of gods. Then they themselves became worthless. They followed the example of the nations around them. They did it even though the Lord had ordered them not to. He had said, “Do not do as they do.”
2 Kings 17:16 - They turned away from all the commands of the Lord their God. They made two statues of gods for themselves. The statues were shaped like calves. They made a pole used to worship the female god named Asherah. They bowed down to all the stars. And they worshiped the god named Baal.
2 Kings 17:17 - They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced all kinds of evil magic. They gave up following God’s rules. They did only what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. All these things made him very angry.
Ezekiel 20:28 - But I brought them into the land. I had promised to give the land to them. Then they offered sacrifices that made me very angry. They did it on every high hill and under every green tree. There they brought their sweet-smelling incense. And there they poured out their drink offerings.
Jeremiah 3:8 - I gave Israel their letter of divorce. I sent them away because they were unfaithful to me so many times. But I saw that their sister nation Judah did not have any respect for me. They were not faithful to me either. They also went out and committed adultery with other gods.
Jeremiah 7:24 - But they did not listen. They refused to pay any attention to me. Instead, they did what their stubborn and evil hearts wanted them to do. They went backward and not forward.
Jeremiah 17:2 - Even their children offer sacrifices to other gods on those altars. They use the poles that were made to worship the female god named Asherah. They worship strange gods beside the green trees and on the high hills.
Ezekiel 23:11 - “Her sister Oholibah saw it. But her evil desire for sexual sin was worse than her sister’s.
Jeremiah 2:19 - You will be punished because you have sinned. You will be corrected for turning away from me. I am the Lord your God. If you desert me, bad things will happen to you. If you do not respect me, you will suffer bitterly. I want you to understand that,” announces the Lord who rules over all.
Jeremiah 2:20 - “Long ago you broke off the yoke I put on you. You tore off the ropes I tied you up with. You said, ‘I won’t serve you!’ In fact, on every high hill you lay down like a prostitute. You worshiped other gods under every green tree.
Ezekiel 16:24 - Your people built up mounds for themselves in every market. They put little places of worship on them.
Ezekiel 16:25 - They set them up at every street corner. Jerusalem, you misused your beauty. You offered your body to anyone who passed by. You did it again and again.
Jeremiah 3:11 - The Lord said to me, “Israel and Judah have not been faithful to me. But Israel was not as bad as Judah was.
Jeremiah 3:12 - Go. Announce this message to the people in the north. Tell them, “ ‘Israel, you have not been faithful,’ announces the Lord. ‘Return to me. Then I will do good things for you again. That’s because I am faithful,’ announces the Lord. ‘I will not be angry with you forever.
Jeremiah 3:13 - Admit that you are guilty of doing what is wrong. You have refused to obey me. I am the Lord your God. You have committed adultery with other gods. You worshiped them under every green tree. And you have not obeyed me,’ ” announces the Lord.
Jeremiah 3:14 - “You people have not been faithful,” announces the Lord. “Return to me. I am your husband. I will choose one of you from each town. I will choose two from each territory. And I will bring you to the city of Zion.

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New International Reader's Version - During the time Josiah was king, the Lord spoke to me. He said, “Have you seen what the people of Israel have done? They have not been faithful to me. They have committed adultery with other gods. They worshiped them on every high hill and under every green tree.
新标点和合本 - 约西亚王在位的时候，耶和华又对我说：“背道的以色列所行的，你看见没有？她上各高山，在各青翠树下行淫。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 约西亚王在位的时候，耶和华对我说：“你看见背道的以色列所做的吗？她上到各高山，在各青翠的树下行淫。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 约西亚王在位的时候，耶和华对我说：“你看见背道的以色列所做的吗？她上到各高山，在各青翠的树下行淫。
当代译本 - 在约西亚王执政期间，耶和华对我说：“你看见背信的以色列所行的了吗？她上到高山上、在绿树下淫乱。
圣经新译本 - 约西亚王在位的日子，耶和华对我说：“背道的以色列所作的，她怎样走上各高山，在每棵繁茂的树下行淫，你看见了没有？
现代标点和合本 - 约西亚王在位的时候，耶和华又对我说：“背道的以色列所行的，你看见没有？她上各高山，在各青翠树下行淫。
和合本（拼音版） - 约西亚王在位的时候，耶和华又对我说：“背道的以色列所行的，你看见没有？她上各高山，在各青翠树下行淫。
New International Version - During the reign 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 spreading tree and has committed adultery there.
English Standard Version - The Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah: “Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there played the whore?
New Living Translation - During the reign of King Josiah, the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what fickle Israel has done? Like a wife who commits adultery, Israel has worshiped other gods on every hill and under every green tree.
The Message - God spoke to me during the reign of King Josiah: “You have noticed, haven’t you, how fickle Israel has visited every hill and grove of trees as a whore at large? I assumed that after she had gotten it out of her system, she’d come back, but she didn’t. Her flighty sister, Judah, saw what she did. She also saw that because of fickle Israel’s loose morals I threw her out, gave her her walking papers. But that didn’t faze flighty sister Judah. She went out, big as you please, and took up a whore’s life also. She took up cheap sex-and-religion as a sideline diversion, an indulgent recreation, and used anything and anyone, flouting sanity and sanctity alike, stinking up the country. And not once in all this did flighty sister Judah even give me a nod, although she made a show of it from time to time.” God’s Decree.
Christian Standard Bible - In the days of King Josiah the Lord asked me, “Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? She has ascended every high hill and gone under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
New American Standard Bible - Then the Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every leafy tree, and she prostituted herself there.
New King James Version - The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.
Amplified Bible - Moreover, the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king [of Judah], “Have you seen what that faithless Israel has done—how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there she was a prostitute?
American Standard Version - 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.
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.
New English Translation - When Josiah was king of Judah, the Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, you have no doubt seen what wayward Israel has done. You have seen how she went up to every high hill and under every green tree to give herself like a prostitute to other gods.
World English Bible - Moreover, Yahweh 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.
新標點和合本 - 約西亞王在位的時候，耶和華又對我說：「背道的以色列所行的，你看見沒有？她上各高山，在各青翠樹下行淫。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 約西亞王在位的時候，耶和華對我說：「你看見背道的以色列所做的嗎？她上到各高山，在各青翠的樹下行淫。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 約西亞王在位的時候，耶和華對我說：「你看見背道的以色列所做的嗎？她上到各高山，在各青翠的樹下行淫。
當代譯本 - 在約西亞王執政期間，耶和華對我說：「你看見背信的以色列所行的了嗎？她上到高山上、在綠樹下淫亂。
聖經新譯本 - 約西亞王在位的日子，耶和華對我說：“背道的以色列所作的，她怎樣走上各高山，在每棵繁茂的樹下行淫，你看見了沒有？
呂振中譯本 - 當約西亞王執政的日子，永恆主對我說：『轉離正道的以色列所行的，你看見了沒有？她怎樣上了各高山，到了各茂盛樹下，在那裏行淫。
現代標點和合本 - 約西亞王在位的時候，耶和華又對我說：「背道的以色列所行的，你看見沒有？她上各高山，在各青翠樹下行淫。
文理和合譯本 - 當約西亞王時、耶和華諭我曰、悖逆之以色列、其所為者、汝見之乎、彼陟諸高岡、詣諸綠樹、行淫於彼、
文理委辦譯本 - 當約西亞王年間、耶和華告耶利米曰、以色列族有若淫婦、爾豈不見乎、彼背我、陟高巒、入茂林、狥欲而行。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 約西亞王在位之時、主諭我曰、背叛之以色列所行、爾豈未見乎、彼往各高山上、各茂樹下、崇事偶像、若淫婦行淫、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Durante el reinado del rey Josías el Señor me dijo: «¿Has visto lo que ha hecho Israel, la infiel? Se fue a todo monte alto, y allí, bajo todo árbol frondoso, se prostituyó.
현대인의 성경 - 요시야왕 때에 여호와께서 또 나에게 말씀하셨다. “네가 신의 없는 이스라엘이 행한 것을 보았느냐? 그가 모든 높은 산과 푸른 나무 아래서 창녀처럼 행하였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Во время правления царя Иосии Господь сказал мне: – Видел ли ты, что сделала эта изменница – Израиль? Она распутствовала на каждой высокой горе и под каждым тенистым деревом.
Восточный перевод - Во время правления царя Иосии Вечный сказал мне: – Видел ли ты, что сделала эта изменница – Исраил? Она распутствовала на каждой высокой горе и под каждым тенистым деревом.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Во время правления царя Иосии Вечный сказал мне: – Видел ли ты, что сделала эта изменница – Исраил? Она распутствовала на каждой высокой горе и под каждым тенистым деревом.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Во время правления царя Иосии Вечный сказал мне: – Видел ли ты, что сделала эта изменница – Исроил? Она распутствовала на каждой высокой горе и под каждым тенистым деревом.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - L’Eternel me dit au temps du roi Josias : As-tu vu ce qu’a fait Israël-l’infidèle ? Elle qui allait sur toute montagne élevée et sous tout arbre vert pour s’y prostituer.
リビングバイブル - ヨシヤ王の時代に、私に次のような主のことばがありました。「おまえは、イスラエルのしていることを見たか。ほかの男に体を許すみだらな妻のように、イスラエルはすべての丘の、すべての木の下で、ほかの神々を拝んできた。
Nova Versão Internacional - Durante o reinado do rei Josias, o Senhor me disse: “Você viu o que fez Israel, a infiel? Subiu todo monte elevado e foi para debaixo de toda árvore verdejante para prostituir-se.
Hoffnung für alle - Während der Regierungszeit von König Josia sprach der Herr zu mir: »Hast du gesehen, wie Israel mir die Treue bricht? Auf jedem Hügel, unter jedem dicht belaubten Baum, überall betrügt sie mich mit ihren Liebhabern.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vào thời cai trị của Vua Giô-si-a, Chúa Hằng Hữu phán bảo tôi: “Con có thấy những tội ác của Ít-ra-ên đã làm không? Như một người vợ phạm tội ngoại tình, Ít-ra-ên đã thờ phượng các thần trên mỗi ngọn đồi và dưới mỗi cây xanh.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ในรัชสมัยของกษัตริย์โยสิยาห์ องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าได้ตรัสกับข้าพเจ้าว่า “เจ้าเห็นสิ่งที่อิสราเอลผู้นอกใจทำหรือไม่? อิสราเอลคบชู้ด้วยการเที่ยวไปนมัสการพระต่างๆ บนภูเขาสูงทุกลูกและใต้ต้นไม้ใบดกทุกต้น
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้ากล่าวกับข้าพเจ้าในสมัยของกษัตริย์โยสิยาห์ดังนี้ว่า “เจ้าเห็นแล้วหรือยังว่า อิสราเอลผู้สิ้นความเชื่อได้ทำอะไรบ้าง นางขึ้นไปบนภูเขาสูงทุกลูกและใต้ต้นไม้อันเขียวชอุ่มทุกต้น และทำตัวเป็นหญิงแพศยาอยู่ที่นั่น

1 Kings 14:23 - Judah also set up for themselves high places for worship. They set up sacred stones. They set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. They did it on every high hill and under every green tree.
Isaiah 57:7 - You have made your bed on a very high hill. You went up there to offer your sacrifices.
Ezekiel 16:31 - Your people built up mounds at every street corner. You put little places of worship on them in every market. But you did not really act like a prostitute. That’s because you refused to let your lovers pay you anything.
2 Kings 17:7 - All of this took place because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God. He had brought them up out of Egypt. He had brought them out from under the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. But they worshiped other gods.
2 Kings 17:8 - The Lord had driven out other nations to make room for Israel. But they followed the evil practices of those nations. They also followed the practices that the kings of Israel had started.
2 Kings 17:9 - The Israelites did things in secret against the Lord their God. What they did wasn’t right. They built high places for worship in all their towns. They built them at lookout towers. They also built them at cities that had high walls around them.
2 Kings 17:10 - They set up sacred stones. And they set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. They did that on every high hill and under every green tree.
2 Kings 17:11 - The Lord had driven out nations to make room for Israel. But the Israelites burned incense at every high place, just as those nations had done. The Israelites did evil things that made the Lord very angry.
2 Kings 17:12 - They worshiped statues of gods. They did it even though the Lord had said, “Do not do that.”
2 Kings 17:13 - The Lord warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers. He said, “Turn from your evil ways. Keep my commands and rules. Obey every part of my Law. I commanded your people who lived long ago to obey it. And I gave it to you through my servants the prophets.”
2 Kings 17:14 - But the people wouldn’t listen. They were as stubborn as their people of long ago had been. Those people didn’t trust in the Lord their God.
2 Kings 17:15 - They refused to obey his rules. They broke the covenant he had made with them. They didn’t pay any attention to the rules he had warned them to keep. They worshiped worthless statues of gods. Then they themselves became worthless. They followed the example of the nations around them. They did it even though the Lord had ordered them not to. He had said, “Do not do as they do.”
2 Kings 17:16 - They turned away from all the commands of the Lord their God. They made two statues of gods for themselves. The statues were shaped like calves. They made a pole used to worship the female god named Asherah. They bowed down to all the stars. And they worshiped the god named Baal.
2 Kings 17:17 - They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced all kinds of evil magic. They gave up following God’s rules. They did only what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. All these things made him very angry.
Ezekiel 20:28 - But I brought them into the land. I had promised to give the land to them. Then they offered sacrifices that made me very angry. They did it on every high hill and under every green tree. There they brought their sweet-smelling incense. And there they poured out their drink offerings.
Jeremiah 3:8 - I gave Israel their letter of divorce. I sent them away because they were unfaithful to me so many times. But I saw that their sister nation Judah did not have any respect for me. They were not faithful to me either. They also went out and committed adultery with other gods.
Jeremiah 7:24 - But they did not listen. They refused to pay any attention to me. Instead, they did what their stubborn and evil hearts wanted them to do. They went backward and not forward.
Jeremiah 17:2 - Even their children offer sacrifices to other gods on those altars. They use the poles that were made to worship the female god named Asherah. They worship strange gods beside the green trees and on the high hills.
Ezekiel 23:11 - “Her sister Oholibah saw it. But her evil desire for sexual sin was worse than her sister’s.
Jeremiah 2:19 - You will be punished because you have sinned. You will be corrected for turning away from me. I am the Lord your God. If you desert me, bad things will happen to you. If you do not respect me, you will suffer bitterly. I want you to understand that,” announces the Lord who rules over all.
Jeremiah 2:20 - “Long ago you broke off the yoke I put on you. You tore off the ropes I tied you up with. You said, ‘I won’t serve you!’ In fact, on every high hill you lay down like a prostitute. You worshiped other gods under every green tree.
Ezekiel 16:24 - Your people built up mounds for themselves in every market. They put little places of worship on them.
Ezekiel 16:25 - They set them up at every street corner. Jerusalem, you misused your beauty. You offered your body to anyone who passed by. You did it again and again.
Jeremiah 3:11 - The Lord said to me, “Israel and Judah have not been faithful to me. But Israel was not as bad as Judah was.
Jeremiah 3:12 - Go. Announce this message to the people in the north. Tell them, “ ‘Israel, you have not been faithful,’ announces the Lord. ‘Return to me. Then I will do good things for you again. That’s because I am faithful,’ announces the Lord. ‘I will not be angry with you forever.
Jeremiah 3:13 - Admit that you are guilty of doing what is wrong. You have refused to obey me. I am the Lord your God. You have committed adultery with other gods. You worshiped them under every green tree. And you have not obeyed me,’ ” announces the Lord.
Jeremiah 3:14 - “You people have not been faithful,” announces the Lord. “Return to me. I am your husband. I will choose one of you from each town. I will choose two from each territory. And I will bring you to the city of Zion.