Jeremiah 3:6

The Passion Translation

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.

Cross References

Isaiah 57:3

“But you—come here, you son of a sorceress! You’re nothing but an offspring of an adulteress and a prostitute.

Isaiah 57:7

On a high hill, you practice ritual sex and go up to the lofty place to offer sacrifice.

Jeremiah 1:2

Yahweh began to reveal his message to him in the thirteenth year of King Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.

Jeremiah 11:10

They have turned back to commit again the same sins of their ancestors, who ignored my words. They, too, have chased after foreign gods to serve them. The people of Israel and the people of Judah have broken my covenant that I made with their ancestors.

Jeremiah 17:2

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

Jeremiah 3:8

She saw me give unfaithful Israel her divorce papers and send her away because of her continued adultery. Her treacherous sister, Judah, likewise had no fear; she, too, acted like a prostitute.

Jeremiah 31:22

Faithless one, how long will you hesitate? For Yahweh is creating something new on earth. A woman will rescue a warrior!”

Jeremiah 7:24

But they did not listen or obey. They followed their own stubborn plans of their evil hearts. They disrespected me and went backward, not forward.

Ezekiel 16:31

You built an elevated shrine on every street to worship idols, put up your pavilion in every public square. But you are not like a common prostitute just out for the money.

Ezekiel 16:35

“ ‘Very well, Jerusalem, you whore! Hear the word of Yahweh!

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.

Ezekiel 23:11

“Her sister Oholibah saw all this, but she was even more depraved and a wilder prostitute than her sister.

Ezekiel 23:4

Oholah (Samaria) was the older and Oholibah (Jerusalem) her younger sister. I married them both, and they bore me sons and daughters.

Judges 2:17

Rather than listen to their deliverers, they prostituted themselves to other gods and bowed down to worship them. This new generation quickly turned from the good path and refused to be like their ancestors who actually listened to Yahweh’s commands.