Jeremiah 17:2
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 17
“Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.”Jeremiah 17:2
What Does Jeremiah 17:2 Mean?
Jeremiah 17:2 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 17, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 17 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (17)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 17:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
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.”Deuteronomy 12:3“And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.”1 Kings 14:23“For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.”2 Kings 16:4“And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.”2 Kings 23:6“And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.”2 Chronicles 33:19“His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, 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.”Isaiah 57:5“Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?”Jeremiah 3:6“The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.”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.”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“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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