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Jeremiah 17:2

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

KJV

Cum recordati fuerint filii eorum ararum suarum, et lucorum suorum, lignorumque frondentium, in montibus excelsis,

Vulgate

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

ASV

כִּ/זְכֹּ֤ר בְּנֵי/הֶם֙ מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔/ם וַ/אֲשֵׁרֵי/הֶ֖ם עַל עֵ֣ץ רַֽעֲנָ֑ן עַ֖ל גְּבָע֥וֹת הַ/גְּבֹהֽוֹת

Hebrew

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה
'shrh
proper_noun · 40×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
גְבֹהָ֔ה
gbhh
adjective · 37×
גְּבָע֖וֹת
gb'vt
noun · 70×
זְכָר
zkr
verb · 231×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רַעֲנָֽן
r'nn
verb · 19×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 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.
  • 2Chr 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.
  • Isa 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.
  • Isa 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.
  • Jer 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.
  • Jer 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.
  • Judg 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.