Jeremiah 2:20
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
20 Long ago you broke your yoke,(A)
you tore off your bonds.
You said, “I will not serve.”
On every high hill, under every green tree,
you sprawled and served as a prostitute.[a]
Ezekiel 6:13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 They shall know that I am the Lord, when their slain lie among their idols, all around their altars, on every high hill and mountaintop, beneath every green tree and leafy oak[a]—any place they offer sweet-smelling oblations to all their idols.(A)
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Hosea 4:13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 On the mountaintops they offer sacrifice
and on the hills they burn incense,
Beneath oak and poplar and terebinth,
because of their pleasant shade.[a]
Therefore your daughters prostitute themselves,
and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
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