2 Kings 16:4
He also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
Deuteronomy 12:2
You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains and the hills and under every green [leafy] tree.
1 Kings 14:23
For they also built for themselves high places [to worship idols] and sacred pillars and Asherim [for the goddess Asherah]. These were on every high hill and under every luxuriant tree.
2 Kings 14:4
However, the high places were not removed; the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
Isaiah 57:5-7
Who inflame yourselves [with lust in pagan rites] among the oaks (terebinth trees),
Under every green and leafy tree,
Who slaughter the children [in sacrifice] in the ravines
Under the clefts of the rocks?
Isaiah 65:4
Who sit among the graves [trying to conjure up evil spirits] and spend the night in the secret places [where spirits are thought to dwell];
Who eat swine’s flesh,
And their pots hold the broth of
Isaiah 66:17
“Those who [vainly attempt to] sanctify and cleanse themselves to go to the gardens [to sacrifice to idols],
Following after
Who eat swine’s flesh,
Will come to an end together,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 17:2
As they remember their children,
So they remember [in detail] their [pagan] altars and their
Beside green trees on the high hills.
Ezekiel 20:28-29
For when I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, they saw every high hill and every dark and leafy tree [as a place for idol worship], and there they offered their sacrifices and there they presented their offering that provoked My anger; there also they made their sweet-smelling aroma and there poured out their drink offerings.
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On the hills
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On the hills
Who inflame yourselves [with lust in pagan rites] among the oaks (terebinth trees),
Under every green and leafy tree,
Who slaughter the children [in sacrifice] in the ravines
Under the clefts of the rocks?
Who sit among the graves [trying to conjure up evil spirits] and spend the night in the secret places [where spirits are thought to dwell];
Who eat swine’s flesh,
And their pots hold the broth of
“Those who [vainly attempt to] sanctify and cleanse themselves to go to the gardens [to sacrifice to idols],
Following after
Who eat swine’s flesh,
Will come to an end together,” says the Lord.
As they remember their children,
So they remember [in detail] their [pagan] altars and their
Beside green trees on the high hills.