Jeremiah 3:9 KJV

And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

Matthew Henry

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Cross References

  • Jeremiah 2:27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
  • Isaiah 57:6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
  • Jeremiah 3:2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
  • Jeremiah 2:7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
  • Jeremiah 10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

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  • And it came to pass through the lightness וְהָיָה wĕhāyâ Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person masculine singular · with and מִקֹּל miqqōl קוֹל Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
  • of her whoredom זְנוּתָהּ zĕnûtāh זְנוּת Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
  • that she defiled וַתֶּחֱנַף watteḥĕnap חָנֵף Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person feminine singular · with and
  • the land אֶת ʾet Object marker הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
  • and committed adultery וַתִּנְאַף wattinʾap נָאַף Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person feminine singular · with and
  • with stones אֶת ʾet Object marker הָאֶבֶן hāʾeben אֶבֶן Noun · feminine singular · with the
  • and with stocks וְאֶת wĕʾet Object marker · with and הָעֵץ hāʿēṣ עֵץ Noun · masculine singular · with the

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