Jeremiah 3:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The Lord spoke to me during the time King Josiah was ruling the nation of Judah. He said, “Jeremiah, you saw the bad things Israel did! You saw how she was unfaithful to me. She was unfaithful to me with every idol on every hill and under every green tree.

Cross References

Ezekiel 23:11

“Her younger sister Oholibah saw all these things happen. But Oholibah sinned more than her sister did! She was more unfaithful than Oholah.

Ezekiel 20:28

But I still brought them to the land I promised to give them. They saw all the hills and green trees, so they went to all those places to worship. They took their sacrifices and anger offerings to all those places. They offered their sacrifices that made a sweet smell, and they offered their drink offerings at those places.

Ezekiel 16:31

God said, “But you were not exactly like a prostitute. You built your mounds at the head of every road, and you built your places for worship at every street corner. You had sex with all those men, but you did not ask them to pay you the way a prostitute does.

Jeremiah 17:2

Their children remember the altars that were dedicated to false gods. They remember the wooden poles that were dedicated to Asherah. They remember those things under the green trees and on the hills.

Jeremiah 7:24

“But your ancestors did not listen to me. They did not pay attention to me. They were stubborn and did what they wanted to do. They did not become good. They became even more evil—they went backward, not forward.

Jeremiah 3:8

Israel was unfaithful, and she knew why I sent her away. Israel knew that I divorced her because she committed the sin of adultery. But that did not make her unfaithful sister afraid. Judah was not afraid. She also went out and acted like a prostitute.

Isaiah 57:7

You make your bed on every hill and high mountain. You go up to those places and offer sacrifices.

1 Kings 14:23

They built high places, memorial stones, and sacred poles. They built them on every high hill and under every green tree.

2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He was king for 31 years in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 1:2

The Lord began to speak to Jeremiah in the 13th year that Josiah, son of Amon, was king of the nation of Judah.

Jeremiah 5:11

The family of Israel and the family of Judah have been unfaithful to me in every way.” This message is from the Lord.

Jeremiah 11:10

They are committing the same sins that their ancestors did. Their ancestors refused to listen to my message. They followed and worshiped other gods. The family of Israel and the family of Judah have broken the agreement I made with their ancestors.”

Jeremiah 31:22

Unfaithful daughter, how long will you wander around? “The Lord has created something new in the land: A woman surrounding a man.”

Ezekiel 23:4

The older daughter was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became my wives, and we had children. I am using the name Oholah to mean Samaria and the name Oholibah to mean Jerusalem.

Hosea 4:13

They make sacrifices on the tops of the mountains and burn incense on the hills under oak trees, poplar trees, and elm trees. The shade under those trees looks nice. So your daughters lie under those trees like prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit sexual sins.

Hosea 11:7

“My people expect me to come back. They will call to God above, but he will not help them.”

Judges 2:17

But the Israelites did not listen to their judges. The Israelites were not faithful to God—they followed other gods. In the past, the ancestors of the Israelites obeyed the Lord’s commands. But now the Israelites changed and stopped obeying the Lord.

Psalm 106:39

They were unfaithful to him, and they became dirty with the sins of other nations.

Isaiah 57:3

“Come here, you children of witches. Your father committed adultery, and your mother was unfaithful.

Ezekiel 16:35

Prostitute, listen to the message from the Lord.