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Jeremiah 2:20-24

20 “Long ago you broke off your yoke
and tore off your bonds;
you said, ‘I will not serve you!’
Indeed, on every high hill
and under every spreading tree
you lay down as a prostitute.

21 I had planted you like a choice vine
of sound and reliable stock.
How then did you turn against me
into a corrupt, wild vine?

22 Although you wash yourself with soda
and use an abundance of soap,
the stain of your guilt is still before me,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.

23 “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled;
I have not run after the Baals’?
See how you behaved in the valley;
consider what you have done.
You are a swift she-camel
running here and there,

24 a wild donkey accustomed to the desert,
sniffing the wind in her craving—
in her heat who can restrain her?
Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves;
at mating time they will find her.

Cross References for Jeremiah 2:20-24

Ezekiel 6:3 - and say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. This is what the Sovereig... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 6:3 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 6:3

Exodus 3:8 - So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of t... Click to read the verse Exodus 3:8 Click to read the verse Exodus 3:8

Deuteronomy 4:20 - But as for you, the Lord took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace, out of Egyp... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 4:20 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 4:20

Genesis 38:24 - About three months later Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution,... Click to read the verse Genesis 38:24 Click to read the verse Genesis 38:24

Deuteronomy 26:17 - You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in his ways, that y... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 26:17 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 26:17

1 Samuel 12:10 - They cried out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken the Lord and served the ... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 12:10 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 12:10

Jeremiah 3:2 - “Look up to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been ravished? By... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 3:2 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 3:2

Proverbs 7:12 - now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.) Click to read the verse Proverbs 7:12 Click to read the verse Proverbs 7:12

Hosea 2:5 - Their mother has been unfaithful and has conceived them in disgrace. She said, ‘I will go after... Click to read the verse Hosea 2:5 Click to read the verse Hosea 2:5

Ezekiel 16:15 - “‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your f... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:15 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:15

Jeremiah 3:1 - “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 3:1 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 3:1

Ezekiel 23:5 - “Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was still mine; and she lusted after her lovers, the ... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 23:5 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 23:5

Ezekiel 16:28 - You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians too, because you were insatiable; and even after... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:28 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:28

Ezekiel 16:41 - They will burn down your houses and inflict punishment on you in the sight of many women. I wil... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:41 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:41

Hosea 3:3 - Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimat... Click to read the verse Hosea 3:3 Click to read the verse Hosea 3:3

Deuteronomy 4:34 - Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation, by testings, by mi... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 4:34 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 4:34

Deuteronomy 15:15 - Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you. That is why I give y... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 15:15 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 15:15

Ezekiel 20:28 - When I brought them into the land I had sworn to give them and they saw any high hill or any le... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 20:28 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 20:28

Leviticus 26:13 - I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to t... Click to read the verse Leviticus 26:13 Click to read the verse Leviticus 26:13

Joshua 24:24 - And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.” Click to read the verse Joshua 24:24 Click to read the verse Joshua 24:24

Exodus 19:8 - The people all responded together, “We will do everything the Lord has said.” So Moses brought ... Click to read the verse Exodus 19:8 Click to read the verse Exodus 19:8

Exodus 24:3 - When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws, they responded with one voic... Click to read the verse Exodus 24:3 Click to read the verse Exodus 24:3

Psalms 78:58 - They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols. Click to read the verse Psalms 78:58 Click to read the verse Psalms 78:58

Isaiah 10:27 - In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders, their yoke from your neck; the yok... Click to read the verse Isaiah 10:27 Click to read the verse Isaiah 10:27

1 Kings 12:32 - He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival held in Ju... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 12:32 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 12:32

Jeremiah 3:13 - Only acknowledge your guilt— you have rebelled against the Lord your God, you have scattered yo... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 3:13 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 3:13

Deuteronomy 12:2 - Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains and on the hills and under every spread... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 12:2 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 12:2

1 Kings 14:23 - They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 14:23 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 14:23

Jeremiah 30:8 - “‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will break the yoke off their necks and will tea... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 30:8 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 30:8

Ezekiel 34:27 - The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people w... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 34:27 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 34:27

Ezekiel 6:13 - And they will know that I am the Lord, when their people lie slain among their idols around the... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 6:13 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 6:13

Joshua 1:16 - Then they answered Joshua, “Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us... Click to read the verse Joshua 1:16 Click to read the verse Joshua 1:16

Jeremiah 3:1-2 - “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 3:1-2 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 3:1-2

Hosea 12:11 - Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars wil... Click to read the verse Hosea 12:11 Click to read the verse Hosea 12:11

Revelation 17:1 - The Woman on the Beast One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Co... Click to read the verse Revelation 17:1 Click to read the verse Revelation 17:1

Deuteronomy 5:27 - Go near and listen to all that the Lord our God says. Then tell us whatever the Lord our God te... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 5:27 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 5:27

Exodus 34:14-16 - Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. Click to read the verse Exodus 34:14-16 Click to read the verse Exodus 34:14-16

Hosea 4:13 - They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar and tereb... Click to read the verse Hosea 4:13 Click to read the verse Hosea 4:13

Jeremiah 17:2 - Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles beside the spreading trees and on t... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 17:2 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 17:2

Jeremiah 50:6 - “My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray and caused them to roam o... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 50:6 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 50:6

Joshua 24:26 - And Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and ... Click to read the verse Joshua 24:26 Click to read the verse Joshua 24:26

Isaiah 9:4 - For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar ac... Click to read the verse Isaiah 9:4 Click to read the verse Isaiah 9:4

2 Kings 12:3 - The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn i... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 12:3 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 12:3

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite. This too is meaningless, a chasing af... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 6:9 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 6:9

Isaiah 14:25 - I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be... Click to read the verse Isaiah 14:25 Click to read the verse Isaiah 14:25

Isaiah 57:5 - You burn with lust among the oaks and under every spreading tree; you sacrifice your children i... Click to read the verse Isaiah 57:5 Click to read the verse Isaiah 57:5

Ezekiel 16:24-25 - you built a mound for yourself and made a lofty shrine in every public square. Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:24-25 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:24-25

Isaiah 57:5-7 - You burn with lust among the oaks and under every spreading tree; you sacrifice your children i... Click to read the verse Isaiah 57:5-7 Click to read the verse Isaiah 57:5-7

Jeremiah 5:5 - So I will go to the leaders and speak to them; surely they know the way of the Lord, the requir... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 5:5 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 5:5

Ezekiel 16:31 - When you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every pub... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:31 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:31

Isaiah 1:21 - See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness used... Click to read the verse Isaiah 1:21 Click to read the verse Isaiah 1:21

Isaiah 1:29 - “You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be disgra... Click to read the verse Isaiah 1:29 Click to read the verse Isaiah 1:29

Nahum 1:13 - Now I will break their yoke from your neck and tear your shackles away.” Click to read the verse Nahum 1:13 Click to read the verse Nahum 1:13

Lamentations 4:13 - But it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed... Click to read the verse Lamentations 4:13 Click to read the verse Lamentations 4:13

Isaiah 57:7 - You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill; there you went up to offer your sacrifices. Click to read the verse Isaiah 57:7 Click to read the verse Isaiah 57:7

Ezekiel 11:21 - But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bri... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 11:21 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 11:21

Jeremiah 3:6-8 - Unfaithful Israel During the reign of King Josiah, the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what fai... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 3:6-8 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 3:6-8

Ezekiel 16:15-16 - “‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your f... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:15-16 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:15-16

Jeremiah 28:4 - I will also bring back to this place Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and all the othe... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 28:4 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 28:4

Ezekiel 16:24 - you built a mound for yourself and made a lofty shrine in every public square. Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:24 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:24