Jeremiah 3:6

Faithless Israel Called to Repentance

⁶ The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: "Have you seen what _m backsliding Israel has done? She has _n gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.

Cross References
Jeremiah 7:24
Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.

Cross References
Jeremiah 2:20
For of old I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds; And you said, 'I will not transgress,' When on every high hill and under every green tree You lay down, playing the harlot.

Matthew Henry Concise

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jeremiah 3:6

Strong's Concordance

Jeremiah 3:6

The LORDH3068 saidH559 also unto me in the daysH3117 of JosiahH2977 the king,H4428 Hast thou seenH7200 that which backslidingH4878 IsraelH3478 hath doneH6213? she is gone upH1980 upon every highH1364 mountainH2022 and underH8478 every greenH7488 tree,H6086 and there hath played the harlotH2181.

Notes

Jeremiah 3:6

The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: "Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.

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