Jeremiah 3:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ And יהוה  said to me in the days of Yoshiyahu the sovereign, “Have you seen what backsliding Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Moreover, the Lord said to me [Jeremiah] in the days of Josiah the king [of Judah], Have you seen what that faithless and backsliding Israel has done–how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree and there played the harlot?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

⁶ During the rule of King Josiah, the LORD said to me: Have you noticed what unfaithful Israel has done? She’s gone about looking for lovers on top of every high hill and under every lush tree.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Jeremiah 3:6 Cross References

1 Kings 14:23

For they also built for themselves high places, and pillars, and Ashĕ

2 Chronicles 34:1

Yoshiyahu was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Yerushalayim.

Psalm 106:39

So they became unclean by their own works, And went whoring by their own deeds.

Isaiah 57:3

“But come here, you sons of the sorceress, you offspring of the adulterer and the whore!

Isaiah 57:7

“On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. There, too, you went up to make an offering.

Jeremiah 1:2

to whom the word of יהוה  came in the days of Yoshiyahu son of Amon, sovereign of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 11:10

“They have turned back to the crookednesses of their forefathers who refused to hear My words, and they have gone after other mighty ones to serve them. The house of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 17:2

while their children remember their altars and their Ashĕ

Jeremiah 3:8

“And I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 31:22

“Till when would you turn here and there, O backsliding daughter? For יהוה  has created what is new on earth: a woman encompasses a man!”

Jeremiah 5:11

“For the house of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 7:24

“But they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in the counsels, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.

Ezekiel 16:31

“You built your arched place at the head of every way, and built your high place in every street. Yet you were unlike a whore, you scorned payment!

Ezekiel 16:35

‘Therefore, O whore, hear the word of יהוה!

Ezekiel 20:28

“When I brought them into the land for which I had lifted My hand in an oath to give them, and they saw all the high hills and all the thick trees, they offered their slaughterings there and provoked Me with their offerings there. And they sent up their sweet fragrance there and poured out their drink offerings there.

Ezekiel 23:11

“And her sister Oholiḇ

Ezekiel 23:4

“And their names were: Oholah the elder and Oholiḇ

Hosea 11:7

“My people are bent towards backsliding from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He lifts none of them up.

Hosea 4:13

“They slaughter on the mountaintops, and burn incense on the hills, under oak and poplars and terebinth, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters commit whoring, and your brides commit adultery.

Judges 2:17

However, they did not listen to their rulers either, but went whoring after other mighty ones, and bowed down to them. They soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers walked, in obeying the commands of יהוה  – they did not do so.