They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree;
Jeremiah 3:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised In the days of King Josiah the Lord asked me, ‘Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? She has ascended every high hill and gone under every green tree to prostitute herself there. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moreover, the Lord said to me [Jeremiah] in the days of Josiah the king [of Judah], Have you seen what that faithless and backsliding Israel has done–how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree and there played the harlot? American Standard Version (1901) Moreover Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. Common English Bible During the rule of King Josiah, the LORD said to me: Have you noticed what unfaithful Israel has done? She’s gone about looking for lovers on top of every high hill and under every lush tree. Catholic Public Domain Version And, in the days of king Josiah, the Lord said to me: "Have you not seen what the apostate Israel has done? She has brought herself up to every lofty mountain, and she has lain down under every leafy tree, and she has committed fornication there. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord said to me in the days of king Josias: Hast thou seen what rebellious Israel hast done? She hath gone out of herself upon every high mountain and under every green tree and hath played the harlot there. |
They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree;
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
But come here, you witch’s sons, offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute!
You have placed your bed on a high and lofty mountain; you also went up there to offer sacrifice.
The word of the Lord came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.
They have returned to the iniquities of their ancestors who refused to obey my words and have followed other gods to worship them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah broke my covenant which I made with their ancestors.
while their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles, by the green trees on the high hills –
I observed that it was because unfaithful Israel had committed adultery that I had sent her away and had given her a certificate of divorce. Nevertheless, her treacherous sister Judah was not afraid but also went and prostituted herself.
How long will you turn here and there, faithless daughter? For the Lord creates something new in the land – a female will shelter a man.
They, the house of Israel and the house of Judah, have dealt very treacherously with me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
Yet they didn’t listen or pay attention, but followed their own advice and their own stubborn, evil heart. They went backwards and not forwards.
building your mound at the head of every street and making your elevated place in every square. But you were unlike a prostitute because you scorned payment.
When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices and presented their offensive offerings there. They also sent up their pleasing aromas and poured out their drink offerings there.
‘Now her sister Oholibah saw this, but she was even more depraved in her lust than Oholah, and made her promiscuous acts worse than those of her sister.
The elder one was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. They became mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah represents Samaria and Oholibah represents Jerusalem.
My people are bent on turning from me. Though they call to him on high, he will not exalt them at all.
They sacrifice on the mountaintops, and they burn offerings on the hills, and under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters act promiscuously and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
but they did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods, bowing down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their ancestors, who had walked in obedience to the Lord’s commands. They did not do as their ancestors did.