Jeremiah 17:2

In 10 translations

BSB

Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.

KJV

Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

WEB

Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles by the green trees on the high hills.

ASV

whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees upon the high hills.

LSV

As their sons remember their altars and their Asherim, || By the green tree, by the high hills.

YLT

As their sons remember their altars and their shrines, By the green tree, by the high hills.

DBY

whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherahs, by the green trees, upon the high hills.

DRC

When their children shall remember their altars, and their groves, and their green trees upon high mountains,

GNV

They remember their altars as their children, with their groues by the greene trees vpon the hilles.

JPS

Like the symbols of their sons are their altars, and their Asherim are by the leafy trees, upon the high hills.

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כִּזְכֹּ֤ר בְּנֵיהֶם֙ מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔ם וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶ֖ם עַל־עֵ֣ץ רַֽעֲנָ֑ן עַ֖ל גְּבָע֥וֹת הַגְּבֹהֽוֹת׃

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• 2 Chronicles 24:18They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.
• Jeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
• Isaiah 1:29Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
• Isaiah 17:8They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
• Judges 3:7So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
• 2 Chronicles 33:3For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
• Jeremiah 7:18The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
• 2 Chronicles 33:19His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the…
• Psalms 78:58They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
• Ezekiel 20:28When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and…
• Hosea 4:13–14They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. I…

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