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.
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.
Note transgress: or, serve
“For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- For of
- Jeremiah 30:8; Exodus 3:8; Leviticus 26:13; Deuteronomy 4:20, 34; Deuteronomy 15:15; Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 10:27; Isaiah 14:25; Nahum 1:13
- and thou saidst
- Exodus 19:8; Exodus 24:3; Deuteronomy 5:27; Deuteronomy 26:17; Joshua 1:16; Joshua 24:26; 1 Samuel 12:10
- transgress
- or, serve. when upon.
- Jeremiah 3:6; Deuteronomy 12:2; 1 Kings 12:32; Psalm 78:58; Isaiah 57:5–7; Ezekiel 16:24, 25, 31; Ezekiel 20:28
- playing
- Jeremiah 3:1, 6–8; Exodus 34:14–16; Deuteronomy 12:2; Isaiah 1:21; Ezekiel 16:15, 16, 28, 41; Ezekiel 23:5; Hosea 2:5; Hosea 3:3