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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/17.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/17.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles beside the spreading trees and on the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/17.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Even their children go to worship at their pagan altars and Asherah poles, beneath every green tree and on every high hill.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />while their children remember their altars and their Asherim, beside every green tree and on the high hills,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />While their children remember Their altars and their wooden images By the green trees on the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />As they remember their children, So they <i>remember</i> their altars and their Asherim By green trees on the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />As they remember their children, So they remember their altars and their Asherim By green trees on the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />As they remember their children, So they <i>remember</i> their altars and their Asherim By green trees on the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />As they remember their children, So they <i>remember</i> their altars and their Asherim By green trees on the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />As they remember their children, So they <i>remember</i> [in detail] their [pagan] altars and their Asherim Beside green trees on the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />while their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles, by the green trees on the high hills —<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />while their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles, by the green trees on the high hills— <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees upon the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />One generation after another has set up pagan altars and worshiped the goddess Asherah everywhere in your country--on hills and mountains, and under large trees. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees upon the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Even their children remember their altars and their poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah beside large trees on high hills<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Your people worship at the altars and the symbols that have been set up for the goddess Asherah by every green tree and on the hilltops <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When their sons remember, they remember their altars and their Asherah poles beside green trees on the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Their children are always thinking about their altars and their sacred poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah, set up beside the green trees on the high hills <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />while their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees on the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles by the green trees on the high hills. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />As their sons remember their altars and their Asherim, "" By the green tree, by the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> As their sons remember their altars and their shrines, By the green tree, by the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For their sons remember their altars and their images by the green tree upon the high hills.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />When their children shall remember their altars, and their groves, and their green trees upon high mountains, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And their sons make a remembrance of their shrines, and their sacred groves, and their leafy trees on high mountains,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />when their children remember their altars and their asherahs, beside the green trees, on the high hills,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />while their children remember their altars and their sacred poles, beside every green tree, and on the high hills,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And their idols are under every green tree and upon every high hill and upon the mountains and in the open country.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Whenever they recall in their heart their altars and their worshipped things under every tree that is thick and upon every hill that is high<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Like the symbols of their sons are their altars, And their Asherim are by the leafy trees, Upon the high hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=5006" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/17.htm">The Sin and Punishment of Judah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">Even their children</a> <a href="/hebrew/2142.htm" title="2142: kiz·kōr (Prep-k:: V-Qal-Inf) -- Remember. A primitive root; properly, to mark, i.e. To remember; by implication, to mention; also to be male.">remember</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·bə·ḥō·w·ṯām (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">their altars</a> <a href="/hebrew/842.htm" title="842: wa·’ă·šê·rê·hem (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Or masheyrah; from 'ashar; happy; Asherah a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same.">and Asherah poles</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/7488.htm" title="7488: ra·‘ă·nān (Adj-ms) -- Luxuriant, fresh. From an unused root meaning to be green; verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous.">the green</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘êṣ (N-ms) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">trees</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">and on</a> <a href="/hebrew/1364.htm" title="1364: hag·gə·ḇō·hō·wṯ (Art:: Adj-fp) -- High, exalted. Or gabowahh; from gabahh; elevated, powerful, arrogant.">the high</a> <a href="/hebrew/1389.htm" title="1389: gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ (N-fp) -- A hill. Feminine from the same as Geba'; a hillock.">hills.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Deuteronomy 12:2-3</a></span><br />Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree. / Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Hosea 4:13</a></span><br />They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Isaiah 57:5</a></span><br />who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">2 Kings 17:10-11</a></span><br />They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. / They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/6-13.htm">Ezekiel 6:13</a></span><br />Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a></span><br />They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-4.htm">2 Chronicles 28:4</a></span><br />And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-29.htm">Isaiah 1:29</a></span><br />Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Ezekiel 20:28</a></span><br />When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/3-7.htm">Judges 3:7</a></span><br />So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/16-4.htm">2 Kings 16:4</a></span><br />And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-5.htm">2 Kings 23:5</a></span><br />Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3</a></span><br />For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Acts 17:29</a></span><br />Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees on the high hills.</p><p class="hdg">their children.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18</a></b></br> The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead <i>their</i> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Hosea 4:13,14</a></b></br> They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof <i>is</i> good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery… </p><p class="hdg">their altars.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a></b></br> For of old time I have broken thy yoke, <i>and</i> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/3-7.htm">Judges 3:7</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/24-18.htm">2 Chronicles 24:18</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm">Altars</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-8.htm">Asherah</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-9.htm">Asherim</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-9.htm">Ashe'rim</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Branching</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-15.htm">Children</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Green</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-9.htm">Groves</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-6.htm">High</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-6.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Leafy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-16.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-10.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-8.htm">Poles</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Spreading</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm">Symbols</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-19.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-20.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/psalms/141-10.htm">Whilst</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-8.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/6-4.htm">Altars</a> <a href="/micah/5-14.htm">Asherah</a> <a href="/micah/5-14.htm">Asherim</a> <a href="/micah/5-14.htm">Ashe'rim</a> <a href="/ezekiel/15-2.htm">Branching</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-19.htm">Children</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-8.htm">Green</a> <a href="/micah/5-14.htm">Groves</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-3.htm">High</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-5.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/hosea/14-8.htm">Leafy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-3.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-19.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/micah/5-14.htm">Poles</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-20.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-32.htm">Spreading</a> <a href="/exodus/13-16.htm">Symbols</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-8.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-22.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-20.htm">Whilst</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm">The captivity of Judah for her sin.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Trust in man is cursed;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-7.htm">in God is blessed.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">The deceitful heart cannot deceive God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-12.htm">The salvation of God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-15.htm">The prophet complains of the mockers of his prophecy.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-19.htm">He is sent to renew the covenant in hallowing the Sabbath.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The mention of "children" suggests that the practice of idol worship was so ingrained in the culture that it was passed down through generations. This reflects the biblical principle found in <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>, where God warns that the iniquity of the fathers will be visited upon the children. The altars symbolize places of worship dedicated to false gods, indicating a departure from the worship of Yahweh. This generational memory of idolatry underscores the pervasive influence of sin and the challenge of breaking free from cultural and familial patterns of disobedience.<p><b>and Asherah poles</b><br>Asherah poles were wooden symbols associated with the Canaanite goddess Asherah, often erected near altars dedicated to Baal. These poles were a direct violation of God's commandments, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/16-21.htm">Deuteronomy 16:21</a>, which forbids the planting of any tree as an Asherah beside the altar of the Lord. The presence of these poles indicates a syncretism where the worship of Yahweh was mixed with pagan practices. This reflects the spiritual adultery of the people, as they turned to other gods, forsaking their covenant relationship with the Lord. The Asherah poles serve as a reminder of the seductive nature of idolatry and the need for spiritual purity.<p><b>by the green trees</b><br>The reference to "green trees" suggests locations that were considered sacred in pagan worship. These sites were often chosen for their natural beauty and were believed to be dwelling places of deities. In biblical times, high places and groves were commonly used for idol worship, as they were thought to be closer to the gods. This practice is condemned in various scriptures, such as <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a>, where it is noted that Judah built high places, sacred stones, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree. The use of green trees in idol worship highlights the corruption of God's creation for purposes contrary to His will.<p><b>and on the high hills</b><br>High hills were frequently chosen as sites for idol worship due to their elevation, which was thought to bring worshippers closer to the divine. This practice is repeatedly condemned in the Old Testament, as seen in <a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">2 Kings 17:10-11</a>, where the Israelites set up sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill. The high places became centers of idolatry and were a significant stumbling block for the people of Israel and Judah. The use of high hills for worship reflects a misunderstanding of God's omnipresence and a reliance on human traditions rather than divine commandments. This phrase serves as a call to return to the true worship of God, who is not confined to any location.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/c/children_of_israel.htm">Children of Israel</a></b><br>The descendants of the Israelites who have inherited the practices and idolatry of their ancestors.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/altars.htm">Altars</a></b><br>Structures built for worship, often used in the context of idol worship in this passage.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/asherah_poles.htm">Asherah Poles</a></b><br>Wooden symbols associated with the worship of the Canaanite goddess Asherah, representing idolatry.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/green_trees.htm">Green Trees</a></b><br>Locations often associated with pagan worship practices, symbolizing fertility and life.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/high_hills.htm">High Hills</a></b><br>Elevated places where idol worship was commonly practiced, signifying a place of spiritual significance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but anything that takes the place of God in our hearts. We must examine our lives for modern-day "altars" and "Asherah poles."<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generational_influence.htm">Generational Influence</a></b><br>The practices of one generation can deeply influence the next. It is crucial to pass down a legacy of faithfulness to God rather than idolatry.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_purity.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Purity</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were commanded to destroy places of idol worship, we must actively remove anything in our lives that competes with our devotion to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/awareness_of_cultural_influences.htm">Awareness of Cultural Influences</a></b><br>The Israelites were influenced by the surrounding nations. We must be vigilant about the cultural influences that can lead us away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>God calls us to repentance and offers restoration. We must turn away from idolatry and return to wholehearted worship of the Lord.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 17</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_hebron's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What were fertility cults in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/azgad's_children__1,222_or_2,322.htm">How many were the children of Azgad? One thousand two hundred and twenty-two (Ezra 2:12) Two thousand three hundred and twenty-two (Nehemiah 7:17)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_the_discrepancy_on_jehoshaphat's_actions.htm">In 1 Kings 22:43, why does the text imply Jehoshaphat removed high places when 2 Chronicles 20:33 suggests otherwise?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/archaeological_proof_for_2_kings_21_3-9.htm">Is there any archaeological proof supporting the extensive idolatrous practices detailed in 2 Kings 21:3-9?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Whilst their children remember . . .</span>--If we take "children" as referring to age, there may be a reference to the way in which the horrors of Molech worship were burnt in upon the minds of boys who were present at such a spectacle, so as never to be forgotten, but the general sense in which we speak of the "children" of Israel or Judah seems sufficient. The thought expressed is that every locality that could be used for idolatrous worship made them "remember" that worship, and set about reproducing it. By some interpreters the clause is rendered, <span class= "ital">as they remember their children so do they their altars and their groves; i.e., </span>their idols are as dear to them as their offspring. The former construction is, however, the more natural, and is best supported by the versions.<p><span class= "bld">Groves.</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>as throughout the Old Testament, when connected with idolatry, the wooden columns that were the symbols of the Ph?nician goddess Asherah, possibly the same as Astarte (<a href="/exodus/34-13.htm" title="But you shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:">Exodus 34:13</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/16-21.htm" title="You shall not plant you a grove of any trees near to the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make you.">Deuteronomy 16:21</a>; <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm" title="For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.">1Kings 14:23</a>). The "green trees" suggested the thought of this worship--for the Asherah, though not a grove, was generally connected with one--as the "high hills" did that of the altars. Commonly the worship is described as "<span class= "ital">under </span>every green tree." Here a different preposition is used, "<span class= "ital">on </span>the green trees," connecting them with the verb "remember."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Whilst their children remember</span>, etc. The connection of this with the preceding verse is rather obscure. Probably it is intended as an exemplification of the "sin of Judah," the inveterateness of which is shown by their thoughts spontaneously turning to the altars and symbols of the false gods whenever they are near a leafy tree or a high hill (probably "under the green trees" <span class="accented">is</span> the right reading; comp. <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a>; so Targum). To make "their sons" the accusative (with Hitzig and Keil), rendering, "As they remember their children, [even so they remember their altars]," seems unnatural; why should "children" and "altars" be associated in idea? <span class="cmt_word">Groves</span>; rather, <span class="accented">idols of Asherah</span>, the Canaanitish goddess. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Even their children</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵיהֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">remember</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּזְכֹּ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(kiz·kōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2142.htm">Strong's 2142: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their altars</span><br /><span class="heb">מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(miz·bə·ḥō·w·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Asherah poles,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·šê·rê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_842.htm">Strong's 842: </a> </span><span class="str2">A Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the green</span><br /><span class="heb">רַֽעֲנָ֑ן</span> <span class="translit">(ra·‘ă·nān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7488.htm">Strong's 7488: </a> </span><span class="str2">Verdant, new, prosperous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">trees,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵ֣ץ</span> <span class="translit">(‘êṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tree, trees, wood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the high</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגְּבֹהֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gə·ḇō·hō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1364.htm">Strong's 1364: </a> </span><span class="str2">Elevated, powerful, arrogant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hills.</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּבָע֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1389.htm">Strong's 1389: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hillock</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Jeremiah 17:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Jeremiah 17:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Jeremiah 17:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Jeremiah 17:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Jeremiah 17:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Jeremiah 17:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Jeremiah 17:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Jeremiah 17:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Jeremiah 17:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Jeremiah 17:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/17-2.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 17:2 While their children remember their altars (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 17:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 17:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/17-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 17:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 17:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>