Jeremiah 3:2
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“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 3:2
What Does Jeremiah 3:2 Mean?
Jeremiah 3:2 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 3, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Purity, Sin, and Temptation.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 3:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 38:14“And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.”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 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.”Jeremiah 3:9“And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.”Jeremiah 3:21“A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.”Ezekiel 8:4“And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.”Ezekiel 16:24“That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.”Micah 2:10“Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.”Leviticus 20:5“Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.”Deuteronomy 12:2“Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:”Proverbs 23:28“She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.”Jeremiah 3:1“They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.”Jeremiah 3:13“Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.”Ezekiel 8:5“Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.”Ezekiel 16:25“Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.”Acts 2:11“Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.”1 Kings 11:3“And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.”2 Kings 23:13“And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.”Proverbs 7:11“(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:”Proverbs 7:12“Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)”
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