Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.

General references

Bible References

When

Ezekiel 6:4
Your altars will be desolated and your incense altars smashed. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols.
Isaiah 37:20
Now, Lord our God, save us from his power so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the Lord—You alone.

Upon

Ezekiel 20:28
When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices and presented their offensive offerings there. They also sent up their pleasing aromas and poured out their drink offerings there.
1 Kings 14:23
They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree;
2 Kings 16:4
He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
Isaiah 1:29
Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees
you desired,
and you will be embarrassed because of the gardens
you have chosen.
Isaiah 57:5
who burn with lust among the oaks,
under every green tree,
who slaughter children in the wadis
below the clefts of the rocks?
Isaiah 65:3
These people continually provoke Me
to My face,
sacrificing in gardens,
burning incense on bricks,
Isaiah 66:17
“Those who dedicate and purify themselves to enter the groves following their leader, eating meat from pigs, vermin, and rats, will perish together.”

This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 2:20
For long ago I broke your yoke;
I tore off your chains.
You insisted, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
and under every green tree
you lie down like a prostitute.
Jeremiah 3:6
In the days of King Josiah the Lord asked me, “Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? She has ascended every high hill and gone under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
Hosea 4:13
They sacrifice on the mountaintops,
and they burn offerings on the hills,
and under oaks, poplars, and terebinths,
because their shade is pleasant.
And so your daughters act promiscuously
and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

General references

Jeremiah 24:10
I will send the sword, famine, and plague against them until they have perished from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.”

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