Jeremiah 3:6

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:23

For they also built for themselves pagan shrines and set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.

Psalm 106:39

They defiled themselves by their evil deeds, and their love of idols was adultery in the Lord’s sight.

Isaiah 57:3

“But you—come here, you witches’ children, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

Isaiah 57:7

You have committed adultery on every high mountain. There you have worshiped idols and have been unfaithful to me.

Jeremiah 1:2

The Lord first gave messages to Jeremiah during the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.

Jeremiah 11:10

They have returned to the sins of their ancestors. They have refused to listen to me and are worshiping other gods. Israel and Judah have both broken the covenant I made with their ancestors.

Jeremiah 17:2

Even their children go to worship at their pagan altars and Asherah poles, beneath every green tree and on every high hill.

Jeremiah 3:8

She saw that I divorced faithless Israel because of her adultery. But that treacherous sister Judah had no fear, and now she, too, has left me and given herself to prostitution.

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you wander, my wayward daughter? For the Lord will cause something new to happen— Israel will embrace her God.”

Jeremiah 5:11

The people of Israel and Judah are full of treachery against me,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:24

“But my people would not listen to me. They kept doing whatever they wanted, following the stubborn desires of their evil hearts. They went backward instead of forward.

Ezekiel 16:31

You build your pagan shrines on every street corner and your altars to idols in every square. In fact, you have been worse than a prostitute, so eager for sin that you have not even demanded payment.

Ezekiel 16:35

“Therefore, you prostitute, listen to this message from the Lord!

Ezekiel 20:28

for when I brought them into the land I had promised them, they offered sacrifices on every high hill and under every green tree they saw! They roused my fury as they offered up sacrifices to their gods. They brought their perfumes and incense and poured out their liquid offerings to them.

Ezekiel 23:11

“Yet even though Oholibah saw what had happened to Oholah, her sister, she followed right in her footsteps. And she was even more depraved, abandoning herself to her lust and prostitution.

Ezekiel 23:4

The older girl was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. I married them, and they bore me sons and daughters. I am speaking of Samaria and Jerusalem, for Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

Hosea 11:7

For my people are determined to desert me. They call me the Most High, but they don’t truly honor me.

Hosea 4:13

They offer sacrifices to idols on the mountaintops. They go up into the hills to burn incense in the pleasant shade of oaks, poplars, and terebinth trees. “That is why your daughters turn to prostitution, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

Judges 2:17

Yet Israel did not listen to the judges but prostituted themselves by worshiping other gods. How quickly they turned away from the path of their ancestors, who had walked in obedience to the Lord’s commands.