Jeremiah 3:6

Good News Translation

When Josiah was king, the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what Israel, that unfaithful woman, has done? She has turned away from me, and on every high hill and under every green tree she has acted like a prostitute.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:23

They built places of worship for false gods and put up stone pillars and symbols of Asherah to worship on the hills and under shady trees.

2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah was eight years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

Psalm 106:39

They made themselves impure by their actions and were unfaithful to God.

Isaiah 57:3

Come here to be judged, you sinners! You are no better than sorcerers, adulterers, and prostitutes.

Isaiah 57:7

You go to the high mountains to offer sacrifices and have sex.

Jeremiah 1:2

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was king of Judah,

Jeremiah 11:10

They have gone back to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to do what I said; they have worshiped other gods. Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant that I made with their ancestors.

Jeremiah 17:2

Your people worship at the altars and the symbols that have been set up for the goddess Asherah by every green tree and on the hilltops

Jeremiah 3:8

Judah also saw that I divorced Israel and sent her away because she had turned from me and had become a prostitute. But Judah, Israel's unfaithful sister, was not afraid. She too became a prostitute

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you hesitate, faithless people? I have created something new and different, as different as a woman protecting a man.”

Jeremiah 5:11

The people of Israel and Judah have betrayed me completely. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 7:24

But they did not obey or pay any attention. Instead, they did whatever their stubborn and evil hearts told them to do, and they became worse instead of better.

Ezekiel 16:31

On every street you built places to worship idols and practice prostitution. But you are not out for money like a common prostitute.

Ezekiel 16:35

Now then, Jerusalem, you whore! Hear what the Lord is saying.

Ezekiel 20:28

I brought them to the land I had promised to give them. When they saw the high hills and green trees, they offered sacrifices at all of them. They made me angry by the sacrifices they burned and by the wine they brought as offerings.

Ezekiel 23:11

“Even though her sister Oholibah saw this, she was wilder and more of a prostitute than Oholah had ever been.

Ezekiel 23:4

The older one was named Oholah (she represents Samaria), and the younger one was named Oholibah (she represents Jerusalem). I married both of them, and they bore me children.

Hosea 11:7

They insist on turning away from me. They will cry out because of the yoke that is on them, but no one will lift it from them.

Hosea 4:13

At sacred places on the mountaintops they offer sacrifices, and on the hills they burn incense under tall, spreading trees, because the shade is so pleasant! “As a result, your daughters serve as prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

Judges 2:17

But the Israelites paid no attention to their leaders. Israel was unfaithful to the Lord and worshiped other gods. Their fathers had obeyed the Lord's commands, but this new generation soon stopped doing so.