Jeremiah 17:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 17:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 17:2 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 17:2 — KJV
“Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.”
— Jeremiah 17:2 (KJV)
Jeremiah 17:2 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 17:2
“Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. present: Heb. found images: Heb. statues until...: Heb. until to make an end”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 17:2: children, altars, groves
“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: possess: or, inherit”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 17:2: green, high, hills
“For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. images: or, standing images, or, statues”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 17:2: groves, green, high
“And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 17:2: green, high, hills
“And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: images: Heb. statues”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 17:2: groves, green, high
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