Jeremiah 17:2

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Events

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• Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

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• 2 Chronicles 24:18
  They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.
• Jeremiah 2:20
  “For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
• Isaiah 1:29
  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.
• Isaiah 17:8
  They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
• Judges 3:7
  So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
• 2 Chronicles 33:3
  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.
• Ezekiel 20:28
  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.
• Psalm 78:58
  They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
• 2 Chronicles 33:19
  His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
• Hosea 4:13–14
  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.
• Jeremiah 7:18
  The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.

People

Asherah: Canaanite goddess; associated with wooden poles, idolatry

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Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament)· Book of Jeremiah· Jeremiah (Person)

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Example: Bad, Admonitions Against· Groves: Fondness of Israel For· Groves: Worshiped by Israelites· Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of· Influence: Evil· Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments· Trees: Different Kinds of Mentioned: Evergreen