The people built high places, stone memorials, and sacred poles. [177] They built them on every high hill and under every green tree.
2 Kings 16:4 - Easy To Read Version Ahaz made sacrifices and burned incense [188] at the high places [189] and on the hills and under every green tree. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He sacrificed and burned incense in the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree. American Standard Version (1901) And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. Common English Bible He also sacrificed and burned incense at the shrines on every hill and beneath every shady tree. Catholic Public Domain Version Also, he was immolating victims, and burning incense, in the high places, and on the hills, and under every leafy tree. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. |
The people built high places, stone memorials, and sacred poles. [177] They built them on every high hill and under every green tree.
He did not destroy the high places. [158] The people still sacrificed and burned incense [159] in those places of worship.
The people of Israel built high places {\cf2\super [453]} \par and made God angry.\par They built statues of false gods\par and made God very jealous.\par
Those people sit among the graves. They wait to get messages from dead people. They even live among dead bodies. They eat pig meat. Their forks and knives are dirty with rotten meat.
Those people wash themselves to make themselves pure for worshiping in their special gardens. {\cf2\super [479]} These people follow each other into their special gardens. Then they worship their idols. But, the Lord will destroy all those people.
Their children remember the altars\par that were dedicated to false gods.\par They remember the wooden poles\par that were dedicated to Asherah. {\cf2\super [136]} \par They remember those things\par under the green trees and on the hills.\par
The voice from the temple said to me, “Son of man, {\cf2\super [398]} this is the place with my throne and footstool. I will live in this place among the people of Israel forever. The family of Israel won’t ruin my holy name again. The kings and their people won’t bring shame to my name by doing sexual sins {\cf2\super [399]} or by burying the dead bodies of their kings in this place.
You will take that land from the nations that live there now. You must completely destroy all the places where the people of these nations worship their gods. These places are on high mountains, on hills, and under green trees.