Jeremiah 17:2

2 Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles beside the spreading trees and on the high hills.

Jeremiah 17:2 in Other Translations

KJV
2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
ESV
2 while their children remember their altars and their Asherim, beside every green tree and on the high hills,
NLT
2 Even their children go to worship at their pagan altars and Asherah poles, beneath every green tree and on every high hill.
MSG
2 The evidence against them is plain to see: sex-and-religion altars and sacred sex shrines Anywhere there's a grove of trees, anywhere there's an available hill.
CSB
2 while their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles, by the green trees on the high hills-

Jeremiah 17:2 In-Context

1 “Judah’s sin is engraved with an iron tool, inscribed with a flint point, on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
2 Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles beside the spreading trees and on the high hills.
3 My mountain in the land and your wealth and all your treasures I will give away as plunder, together with your high places, because of sin throughout your country.
4 Through your own fault you will lose the inheritance I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for you have kindled my anger, and it will burn forever.”
5 This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the LORD.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S 2 Chronicles 24:18
  • 2. S Jeremiah 2:20

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
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