Jeremiah 2:20

Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For of

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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עֵת

ʻêth

H6256

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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I have

שָׁבַר

shâbar

H7665

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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thy

עֹל

ʻôl

H5923

a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively

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and

נָתַק

nâthaq

H5423

to tear off

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thy

מוֹסֵר

môwçêr

H4147

properly, chastisement, i.e. (by implication) a halter; figuratively, restraint

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and thou

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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I will not

עָבַר

ʻâbar

H5674

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...

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when upon every

עֶלְיוֹן

ʻelyôwn

H5945

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

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הַר

har

H2022

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

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and under every

רַעֲנָן

raʻănân

H7488

verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous

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עֵץ

ʻêts

H6086

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

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thou

הָלַךְ

hâlak

H1980

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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שָׂחַק

sâchaq

H7832

to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play

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the

זָנָה

zânâh

H2181

to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (...

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Key Terms in This Verse

wanderest H1980

הָלַךְ hâlak

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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playing H7832

שָׂחַק sâchaq

to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play

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burst H5423

נָתַק nâthaq

to tear off

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transgress H5674

עָבַר ʻâbar

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)

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saidst H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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green H7488

רַעֲנָן raʻănân

verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous

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harlot H2181

זָנָה zânâh

to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of ...

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bands H4147

מוֹסֵר môwçêr

properly, chastisement, i.e. (by implication) a halter; figuratively, restraint

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yoke H5923

עֹל ʻôl

a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively

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hill H2022

הַר har

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:2 cross-reference

Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

Leviticus 26:13 cross-reference

I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

Jeremiah 17:2 cross-reference

Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

Jeremiah 30:8 cross-reference

For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:

Hosea 3:3 cross-reference

And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.

Isaiah 1:21 cross-reference

How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

Ezekiel 16:28 cross-reference

Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.

Isaiah 9:4 cross-reference

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

Ezekiel 16:31 cross-reference

In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

Isaiah 10:27 cross-reference

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

Exodus 3:8 cross-reference

And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the ...

Exodus 24:3 cross-reference

And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

Joshua 24:24 cross-reference

And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

Deuteronomy 4:34 cross-reference

Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great t...

Ezekiel 23:5 cross-reference

And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,

Exodus 19:8 cross-reference

And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.

Ezekiel 20:28 cross-reference

For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and ...

Joshua 1:16 cross-reference

And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

Deuteronomy 4:20 cross-reference

But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

Ezekiel 16:41 cross-reference

And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any mor...

Psalm 78:58 cross-reference

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

1 Samuel 12:10 cross-reference

And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve th...

Deuteronomy 15:15 cross-reference

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.

Isaiah 14:25 cross-reference

That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

1 Kings 12:32 cross-reference

And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the cal...

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