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She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree and has committed adultery there. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> During the reign of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what fickle Israel has done? Like a wife who commits adultery, Israel has worshiped other gods on every hill and under every green tree. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> The LORD said to me in the days of King Josiah: “Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there played the whore? <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/3.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/3.htm">New King James Version</a> The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then the LORD said to me in the days of King Josiah, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every leafy tree, and she prostituted herself there. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, &#8220Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Moreover, the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king [of Judah], “Have you seen what that faithless Israel has done—how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there she was a prostitute? <a href="/csb/jeremiah/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> In the days of King Josiah the LORD asked me, “Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? She has ascended every high hill and gone under every green tree to prostitute herself there. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> In the days of King Josiah the LORD asked me, &#8220Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? She has ascended every high hill and gone under every green tree to prostitute herself there. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> Moreover Jehovah said 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. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When Josiah was king, the LORD said: Jeremiah, the kingdom of Israel was like an unfaithful wife who became a prostitute on the hilltops and in the shade of large trees. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> Moreover the LORD said 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. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> When Josiah was king, the LORD asked me, "Did you see what unfaithful Israel did? She went up every high mountain and under every large tree, and she acted like a prostitute there. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> When Josiah was king, the LORD said to me, "Have you seen what Israel, that unfaithful woman, has done? She has turned away from me, and on every high hill and under every green tree she has acted like a prostitute. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> In the time of King Josiah the LORD told me, "Have you seen what unfaithful Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she committed fornication there. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, ?Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. <a href="/net/jeremiah/3.htm">NET Bible</a> When Josiah was king of Judah, the LORD said to me, "Jeremiah, you have no doubt seen what wayward Israel has done. You have seen how she went up to every high hill and under every green tree to give herself like a prostitute to other gods. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Moreover, the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, "Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the prostitute. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she hath gone up upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. <a href="/web/jeremiah/3.htm">World English Bible</a> Moreover, Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has played the prostitute there. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And YHWH says to me, in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She is going on every high mountain, and to the place of every green tree, and commits fornication there. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Jehovah saith unto me, in the days of Josiah the king, 'Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? She is going on every high mountain, and unto the place of every green tree, and committeth fornication there. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Jehovah will say to me in the days of Josiah the king, Sawest thou what Israel turning back, did? She went up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and she will commit fornication there.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the Lord said to me in the days of king Josias: Hast thou seen what rebellious Israel hast done? she hath gone out of herself upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and hath played the harlot there. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And, in the days of king Josiah, the Lord said to me: “Have you not seen what the apostate Israel has done? She has brought herself up to every lofty mountain, and she has lain down under every leafy tree, and she has committed fornication there. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/3.htm">New American Bible</a> The LORD said to me in the days of King Josiah: Do you see what rebellious Israel has done? She has gone up every high mountain, and under every green tree she has played the prostitute. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The LORD said to me in the days of King Josiah: Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and played the whore there?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> The LORD said to me in the days of King Josiah, Have you seen the thing which she who dwells in Israel has done? She has gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And LORD JEHOVAH said to me in the days of Yoshia the King: “I have seen the thing that the inhabitant of Israel has done. She went to every high mountain and under every thick tree and she committed prostitution there<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And the LORD said unto me in the days of Josiah the king: 'Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel did? she went up upon every high mountain and under every leafy tree, and there played the harlot. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the Lord said to me in the days of Josias the king, Hast thou seen what things the house of Israel has done to me? they have gone on every high mountain, and under every shady tree, and have committed fornication there. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=717" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Judah Follows Israel's Example</a> 6<a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bî·mê (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">Now in the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">of King</a> <a href="/hebrew/2977.htm" title="2977: yō·šî·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Yah supports, two Isr. Or; from the same root as 'ashuwyah and Yahh; founded of Jah; Joshijah, the name of two Israelites.">Josiah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">to me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: hărā·’î·ṯā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">“Have you seen</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">what</a> <a href="/hebrew/4878.htm" title="4878: mə·šu·ḇāh (N-fs) -- Turning back, apostasy. Or mshubah; from shuwb; apostasy.">faithless</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">has done?</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">She</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hō·lə·ḵāh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">has gone up</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.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">every</a> <a href="/hebrew/1364.htm" title="1364: gā·ḇō·ah (Adj-ms) -- High, exalted. Or gabowahh; from gabahh; elevated, powerful, arrogant.">high</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: har (N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">hill</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: ta·ḥaṯ (Prep) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">and under</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">every</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.">green</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘êṣ (N-ms) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">tree</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: wat·tiz·nî- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">to prostitute herself</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there.</a> 7I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Hosea 4:15</a> Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’ <a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18-20</a> So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained, / and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced. / So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence. <a href="/ezekiel/23-1.htm">Ezekiel 23:1-49</a> Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother, / and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed. ... <a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21</a> See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers! <a href="/hosea/2-2.htm">Hosea 2:2</a> Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts. <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a> Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. <a href="/isaiah/57-3.htm">Isaiah 57:3-9</a> “But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! / Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit, / who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? ... <a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15-34</a> But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking. / You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred! / You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself. ... <a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Hosea 9:1</a> Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor. <a href="/2_kings/21-11.htm">2 Kings 21:11-15</a> “Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin, / this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it. / I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down. ... <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-5</a> Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ... <a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/romans/11-11.htm">Romans 11:11</a> I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous. <a href="/john/4-22.htm">John 4:22</a> You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she is gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot.A.<a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Jeremiah 3:8,11-14</a> And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also… <a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Jeremiah 2:19</a> Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.<a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24</a> But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.she is<a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a> 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.<a href="/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7</a> Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.<a href="/ezekiel/16-24.htm">Ezekiel 16:24,25,31</a> That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street… played<a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">Jeremiah 3:1</a> 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Backsliding</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-19.htm">Faithless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Green</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm">High</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-31.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-3.htm">Josiah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Leafy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-20.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">Played</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-27.htm">Tree</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Backsliding</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-11.htm">Faithless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Green</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm">High</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-11.htm">Josiah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Leafy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-4.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-16.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Played</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-9.htm">Tree</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 3</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">God's great mercy to Judah the polluted land</a> 6. <a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Judah is worse than Israel</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">The promises of the gospel to the penitent</a> 20. <a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Israel reproved, and called by God, makes a solemn confession of their sins</a> </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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Now in the days of King Josiah This phrase sets the historical context during the reign of King Josiah, who ruled Judah from approximately 640 to 609 BC. Josiah was known for his religious reforms and efforts to return Judah to the worship of Yahweh, as described in <a href="/2_kings/22.htm">2 Kings 22-23</a>. His reign was marked by a significant spiritual revival, including the discovery of the Book of the Law in the temple. This period was crucial as it was a time of potential repentance and renewal for Judah, contrasting with the northern kingdom of Israel, which had already fallen to Assyria in 722 BC.the LORD said to me This indicates that the message is a direct revelation from God to the prophet Jeremiah. Jeremiah, called as a prophet in his youth, served as a mouthpiece for God, delivering messages of warning, judgment, and hope to the people of Judah. The divine origin of the message underscores its authority and the seriousness with which it should be received.“Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? Here, God refers to the northern kingdom of Israel, which had been characterized by idolatry and apostasy. The term "faithless" highlights Israel's breach of covenant with God, as they turned away from Him to worship other gods. This rhetorical question serves to draw attention to Israel's spiritual adultery and serves as a warning to Judah, which was following a similar path despite Josiah's reforms.She has gone up on every high hill The "high hills" were often sites of pagan worship, where altars and shrines to foreign gods were erected. This practice was common in the ancient Near East, where high places were considered closer to the divine realm. Israel's use of these sites for idolatry was a direct violation of God's command to worship Him alone and in the manner He prescribed.and under every green tree The phrase "under every green tree" is a common biblical metaphor for idolatrous worship practices. Trees were often associated with fertility cults and were used as symbols or locations for worshiping deities like Baal and Asherah. This imagery emphasizes the pervasive nature of Israel's unfaithfulness, as they engaged in idolatry in numerous locations.to prostitute herself there. This metaphor of prostitution is frequently used in the Bible to describe Israel's unfaithfulness to God. It conveys the idea of spiritual adultery, where Israel, likened to an unfaithful spouse, has abandoned her covenant relationship with God to pursue other gods. This imagery is powerful, illustrating the depth of Israel's betrayal and the grievousness of their sin. It also serves as a call to repentance, highlighting the need for Israel and Judah to return to their covenantal obligations.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah and Jerusalem. 2. <a href="/topical/k/king_josiah.htm">King Josiah</a> The king of Judah during whose reign Jeremiah began his prophetic ministry. Known for his religious reforms and efforts to return Judah to the worship of Yahweh. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who speaks to Jeremiah regarding the spiritual state of Israel. 4. <a href="/topical/f/faithless_israel.htm">Faithless Israel</a> Refers to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, which had turned away from God and engaged in idolatry and spiritual adultery. 5. <a href="/topical/h/high_hills_and_green_trees.htm">High hills and green trees</a> Locations often associated with pagan worship and idolatry in ancient Israel, where the people engaged in practices contrary to the worship of Yahweh.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a> 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 idols. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_adultery.htm">Spiritual Adultery</a> Just as Israel was unfaithful to God, we can be spiritually unfaithful when we prioritize other things over our relationship with Him. Faithfulness to God requires exclusive devotion. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> God’s message through Jeremiah is a call to repentance. We are invited to turn away from our sins and return to God with sincere hearts. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a> King Josiah's reforms show the impact of godly leadership. Leaders in the church and community should strive to guide others toward righteousness. <a href="/topical/g/god's_unchanging_standards.htm">God’s Unchanging Standards</a> Despite cultural changes, God’s standards remain the same. We are called to uphold His commands and live according to His Word.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 3</a> <a href="/q/how_to_return_after_losing_faith.htm">How can one return after backsliding from faith?</a> <a href="/q/is_nahum_3_4_literal_or_rhetorical.htm">In Nahum 3:4, does the metaphorical language of prostitution and witchcraft reflect actual historical practices in Nineveh, or is it exaggerated prophetic rhetoric? </a> <a href="/q/who_believed_in_the_old_testament.htm">Who were the believers in the Old Testament?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_ezekiel_23's_imagery_reconciled.htm">How can the graphic sexual imagery in Ezekiel 23:3 and 20 be reconciled with the holiness and purity usually attributed to Scripture? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) The Lord said also unto me . . .--The main point of the second prophecy (we might almost call it sermon), delivered, like the former, under Josiah, is the comparison of the guilt of the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The latter had been looking on the former with contemptuous scorn. She is now taught--the same imagery being continued that had begun in the first discourse--that her guilt is by far the greater of the two.Backsliding Israel.--The epithet strikes the keynote of all that follows, and is, as it were, the text of the sermon. The force of the Hebrew is stronger than that of the English, and implies actual "apostasy," being, indeed, a substantive rather than an adjective. Apostasy is, as it were, personified in Israel; she is the renegade sister.She is gone up.--Better, she goes, i.e., is going continually.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - The Lord said also unto me, etc. It has been suggested (see on ver. 1) that this introductory clause belongs rather to ver. 1. Some sort of introduction, however, seems called for; Ewald supposes a shorter form, such as "And the Lord said further unto me." The view is not improbable, for although there is evidently a break between ver. 5 and ver. 6, there are points of contact enough between vers. 1-5 and the following discourse to prove that they represent the same prophetic period (comp. ver. 10 with ver. 3, vers. 8, 9 with ver. 1, ver. 12 with ver. 5, ver. 19 with ver. 4). Backsliding Israel; literally, apostasy Israel. Usually a change or modification of a name is a sign of honor; here, however, it marks the disgrace of the bearer. Israel is apostasy personified (comp. vers. 14, 22). She is gone up; rather, her wont hath been to go up. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Now in the days בִּימֵי֙ (bî·mê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day of King הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king Josiah, יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ (yō·šî·yā·hū) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2977.htm">Strong's 2977: </a> Josiah -- 'Yah supports', two Israelites the LORD יְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH said וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to me, אֵלַ֗י (’ê·lay) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to “Have you seen הֲ‍ֽרָאִ֔יתָ (hărā·’î·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see what אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that faithless מְשֻׁבָ֣ה (mə·šu·ḇāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4878.htm">Strong's 4878: </a> Turning back, apostasy Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc has done? עָשְׂתָ֖ה (‘ā·śə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make She הִ֜יא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are has gone up הֹלְכָ֨ה (hō·lə·ḵāh) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every high גָּבֹ֗הַּ (gā·ḇō·ah) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1364.htm">Strong's 1364: </a> Elevated, powerful, arrogant hill הַ֣ר (har) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country and under תַּ֛חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> The bottom, below, in lieu of every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every green רַעֲנָ֖ן (ra·‘ă·nān) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7488.htm">Strong's 7488: </a> Verdant, new, prosperous tree עֵ֥ץ (‘êṣ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> Tree, trees, wood to prostitute herself וַתִּזְנִי־ (wat·tiz·nî-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2181.htm">Strong's 2181: </a> To commit adultery, to commit idolatry there. שָֽׁם׃ (šām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 3:6 Moreover Yahweh said to me (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/3-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 3:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 3:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/3-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 3:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 3:7" /></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>