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Jeremiah 3:6
Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses Jeremiah during the reign of King Josiah, directing his attention to Israel’s active covenant rebellion.
The words — The verb הֲֽ/רָאִ֔יתָ (ha/ra.'I.ta) translates literally as “have you seen,” structuring the divine message as a command to witness rather than merely report.
The thread — The text records worship on every high hill and under every green tree, a geographic pattern also recorded in 1 Kings 14:23 and Isaiah 57:7.
Why it lands — The passage demands recognition of deliberate, location-bound idolatry before any expectation of repentance is introduced.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 14:23 They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
- 2 Kings 17:7 All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
- Isaiah 57:7 On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.
- Jeremiah 2:19 Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 3:8 She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
- Jeremiah 3:11 And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
- Jeremiah 7:24 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
- Jeremiah 17:2 Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.
- Ezekiel 16:24 you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.
- Ezekiel 16:31 But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.