Jeremiah 3:2

Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness."

Word-by-Word Analysis

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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up thine

עַיִן

ʻayin

H5869

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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unto the

עֶלְיוֹן

ʻelyôwn

H5945

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

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בָּמָה

bâmâh

H1116

an elevation

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and

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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where thou hast not been

שָׁכַב

shâkab

H7901

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

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with In the

דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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hast thou

יָשַׁב

yâshab

H3427

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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for them as the

עֲרָבִי

ʻĂrâbîy

H6163

an Arabian or inhabitant of Arab (i.e. Arabia)

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in the

מִדְבָּר

midbâr

H4057

a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

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and thou hast

חָלַל

châlal

H2490

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...

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the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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with thy

תַּזְנוּת

taznûwth

H8457

harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry

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and with thy

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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Key Terms in This Verse

lien H7901

שָׁכַב shâkab

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

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Arabian H6163

עֲרָבִי ʻĂrâbîy

an Arabian or inhabitant of Arab (i.e. Arabia)

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whoredoms H8457

תַּזְנוּת taznûwth

harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry

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polluted H2490

חָלַל châlal

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

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Lift H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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wickedness H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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sat H3427

יָשַׁב yâshab

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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ways H1870

דֶּרֶךְ derek

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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places H1116

בָּמָה bâmâh

an elevation

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wilderness H4057

מִדְבָּר midbâr

a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

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Cross References

Genesis 38:14 cross-reference

And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she wa...

Jeremiah 2:7 cross-reference

And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

Jeremiah 2:20 cross-reference

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.

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:

Jeremiah 3:1 cross-reference

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 ...

Jeremiah 2:23 cross-reference

How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

2 Kings 23:13 cross-reference

And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, an...

Jeremiah 3:9 cross-reference

And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

Proverbs 23:28 cross-reference

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

1 Kings 11:3 cross-reference

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

Ezekiel 16:16 cross-reference

And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

Proverbs 7:11 cross-reference

(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

Jeremiah 3:21 cross-reference

A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

Luke 16:23 cross-reference

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Jeremiah 7:29 cross-reference

Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

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 ...

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