Jeremiah 17:2

The Passion Translation

Your people have set up pagan altars to the goddess Asherah everywhere in your land—under large trees, on hills

Cross References

Isaiah 1:29

You will reap shame from the idols you once delighted in and you will be humiliated by your cultic sacred groves, where you chose to worship.

Isaiah 17:8

They will not be infatuated with the religious altars their own hands crafted, nor by what their own fingers have made, nor with their sacred groves or altars of incense.

Jeremiah 2:20

“Long ago, you broke your bond with me and severed ties. You boldly said, ‘I will not serve you!’ Yet, on every high hill and under every green tree, you offered yourself to other gods. You were like a prostitute sprawled out awaiting sex.

Jeremiah 3:23

We see it now. Our idolatrous worship on the high places and our noisy commotion on the mountains were nothing but delusions. Only you, Yahweh our God, can save us.

Jeremiah 3:6

During Josiah’s reign as king of Judah, Yahweh asked me, “Did you see what unfaithful Israel has done? Like an adulterous wife, she has turned away from me. In every high place and under every green tree, she has prostituted herself to worship other gods.

Jeremiah 7:18

The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the wives knead dough to make ritual cakes for the goddess Ishtar, known as the Queen of Heaven. They also pour out drink offerings to other gods to defy me.

Ezekiel 20:28

When I had brought them into the promised land, they discovered all sorts of high hills and all kinds of spreading trees. That is where they offered sacrifices and made offerings to false gods that provoked my anger. That is where they burned incense and poured out drink offerings to false gods.

Judges 3:7

The Israelites did what was evil in Yahweh’s sight. They ignored Yahweh their God, and they served the Baal gods and the Asherah goddesses.