Jeremiah

Jeremiah 2:20

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.

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Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
long ago	מֵעוֹלָ֞ם	mê·‘ō·w·lām	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
you broke	שָׁבַ֣רְתִּי	šā·ḇar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7665 break, break in pieces
your yoke	עֻלֵּ֗ךְ	‘ul·lêḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H5923 yoke
and tore off	נִתַּ֙קְתִּי֙	nit·taq·tî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular	H5423 pull, draw, tear away, apart, off
your chains	מוֹסְרֹתַ֔יִךְ	mō·ws·rō·ṯa·yiḵ	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H4147 chastisement, halter, restraint
saying	וַתֹּאמְרִ֖י	wat·tō·mə·rî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
I will not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
serve	אֶעֱבֹד	ʾɛ·ʿɛ̆·ḇōḏ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H5647 work, serve
Indeed	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
on	עַֽל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
high	גְּבֹהָ֗ה	gə·ḇō·hāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H1364 high, exalted
hill	גִּבְעָ֞ה	giḇ·‘āh	Noun - feminine singular	H1389 hill
and under	וְתַ֙חַת֙	wə·ṯa·ḥaṯ	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H8478 the under part
every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
green	רַעֲנָ֔ן	ra·‘ă·nān	Adjective - masculine singular	H7488 luxuriant, fresh
tree	עֵ֣ץ	‘êṣ	Noun - masculine singular	H6086 tree, trees, wood
you	אַ֖תְּ	’at	Pronoun - second person feminine singular	H859 thou
lay down	צֹעָ֥ה	ṣō·‘āh	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H6808 stoop, bend, incline
as a prostitute	זֹנָֽה׃	zō·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Deuteronomy 12:2 · Leviticus 26:13 · Jeremiah 17:2 · Jeremiah 30:8 · Isaiah 1:21 · Hosea 3:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.