Jeremiah 17:2 KJV
Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
Matthew Henry
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Thompson Chains
- Idol AltarsSee the chain from 1 Kings 16:32 · 5 links
- GrovesSee the chain from Deuteronomy 12:2 · 12 links
Cross References
- 2 Chronicles 24:18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
- Jeremiah 2:20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
- Judges 3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
- 2 Chronicles 33:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
- Isaiah 1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
- Isaiah 17:8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
- Jeremiah 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
- 2 Chronicles 33:19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
- Psalms 78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
- Ezekiel 20:28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
- Hosea 4:13–14 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. …
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Topics
- Example Bad, admonitions against
- Groves Worshiped by Israelites
- Idolatry Warnings against, and punishments of
- Influence Evil
- Israel, prophecies concerning Of war and other judgments
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible629–588 BC · Jeremiah, in the days of Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Whilst their children בְּנֵיהֶם bĕnêhem בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- remember כִּזְכֹּר kizkōr זָכַר Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
- their altars מִזְבְּחוֹתָם mizbĕḥôtām מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- and their groves וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶם waʾăšērêhem אֲשֵׁרָה Proper name · with and, suffix: third person masculine plural
- by the green רַעֲנָן raʿănān רַעֲנָן Adjective · masculine singular
- trees עַל ʿal Preposition עֵץ ʿēṣ עֵץ Noun · masculine singular
- upon the high הַגְּבֹהוֹת haggĕbōhôt גָּבֹהַּ Adjective · feminine plural · with the
- hills עַל ʿal Preposition גְּבָעוֹת gĕbāʿôt גִּבְעָה Noun · feminine plural
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