Jeremiah 2:20
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
זָנָה
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 Jehovah)
צָעָה
have been lying down
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צָעָה
to tip over (for the purpose of spilling or pouring out), i.e. (figuratively) depopulate; by implication, to imprison or conquer; (reflexive) to lie down (for coitus)
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עָבַר
I will transgress
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עָבַר
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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עֵץ
tree
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עֵץ
Tree. Ets. A tree planted by rivers of water. The righteous person is like a tree with deep roots in God's word, bearing fruit in season and never withering.
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כֹּל
every
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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מוֹסֵר
fetters/ your
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מוֹסֵר
properly, chastisement, i.e. (by implication) a halter; figuratively, restraint
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עֹל
yoke/ your
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עֹל
a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
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רַעֲנָן
luxuriant
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רַעֲנָן
verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous
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גָּבֹהַּ
high
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גָּבֹהַּ
elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
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שָׁבַר
I broke off
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שָׁבַר
to burst (literally or figuratively)
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נָתַק
I tore off
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נָתַק
to tear off
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גִּבְעָה
hill
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גִּבְעָה
a hillock
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