Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Who inflame yourselves among the oaks,
Under every luxuriant tree,
Who slaughter the children in the ravines,
Under the clefts of the crags?

King James Version

Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?

Holman Bible

who burn with lust among the oaks,
under every green tree,
who slaughter children in the wadis
below the clefts of the rocks?

International Standard Version

you who burn with lust among the oaks, under every spreading tree, who slaughter your children in the ravines, under the clefts of the rocks?

A Conservative Version

ye who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree, who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

American Standard Version

ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

Amplified


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?

Bible in Basic English

You who are burning with evil desire among the oaks, under every green tree; putting children to death in the valleys, under the cracks of the rocks?

Darby Translation

inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?

Julia Smith Translation

Being comforted with gods under every green tree, slaughtering the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

King James 2000

Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?

Lexham Expanded Bible

who burn with lust among the oaks, under every leafy tree, who slaughter children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

Modern King James verseion

being inflamed with idols under every green tree, killing the little sons in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Ye take your pleasure under the oaks, and under all green trees. And ye offer children in the valleys, and dens of stone.

NET Bible

you who practice ritual sex under the oaks and every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs.

New Heart English Bible

you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

The Emphasized Bible

Who inflame yourselves With the terebinths, Under every green tree - Slaying the children, In the torrent-valleys, Under the clefts of the crags:

Webster

Inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the cliffs of the rocks?

World English Bible

you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

Youngs Literal Translation

Who are inflamed among oaks, under every green tree, Slaughtering the children in valleys, Under clefts of the rocks.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חמם 
Chamam 
Usage: 16

אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

רענן 
Ra`anan 
Usage: 20

שׁחט 
Shachat 
Usage: 81

the children
ילד 
Yeled 
Usage: 89

in the valleys
נחלה נחלה נחל 
Nachal 
Usage: 141

סעיף 
Ca`iyph 
Usage: 6

References

Easton

Oak

Fausets

Hastings

Oak

Morish

Watsons

Oak

Context Readings

Idolatry Is Adultery

4 “Against whom do you jest?
Against whom do you open wide your mouth
And stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of rebellion,
Offspring of deceit,
5 Who inflame yourselves among the oaks,
Under every luxuriant tree,
Who slaughter the children in the ravines,
Under the clefts of the crags?
6 “Among the smooth stones of the ravine
Is your portion, they are your lot;
Even to them you have poured out a drink offering,
You have made a grain offering.
Shall I relent concerning these things?

Cross References

2 Kings 16:3-4

But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before the sons of Israel.

Isaiah 1:29

Surely you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired,
And you will be embarrassed at the gardens which you have chosen.

Ezekiel 16:20

“Moreover, you took your sons and daughters whom you had borne to Me and sacrificed them to idols to be devoured. Were your harlotries so small a matter?

Leviticus 18:21

You shall not give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.

2 Kings 23:10

He also defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire for Molech.

Jeremiah 2:20

“For long ago I broke your yoke
And tore off your bonds;
But you said, ‘I will not serve!’
For on every high hill
And under every green tree
You have lain down as a harlot.

Jeremiah 3:13

‘Only acknowledge your iniquity,
That you have transgressed against the Lord your God
And have scattered your favors to the strangers under every green tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:31

They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, and it did not come into My mind.

Exodus 32:6

So the next day they rose early and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

Leviticus 20:2-5

“You shall also say to the sons of Israel:‘Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens sojourning in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

Numbers 25:1-2

While Israel remained at Shittim, the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab.

Numbers 25:6

Then behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought to his relatives a Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

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 on the hills and under every green tree.

1 Kings 14:23

For they also built for themselves high places and sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and beneath every luxuriant tree.

2 Kings 17:10

They set for themselves sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,

2 Chronicles 28:3

Moreover, he burned incense in the valley of Ben-hinnom and burned his sons in fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the sons of Israel.

Psalm 106:37-38

They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,

Jeremiah 3:6

Then the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there.

Jeremiah 17:2

As they remember their children,
So they remember their altars and their Asherim
By green trees on the high hills.

Jeremiah 32:35

They built the high places of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-hinnom to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I had not commanded them nor had it entered My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

Jeremiah 50:38

“A drought on her waters, and they will be dried up!
For it is a land of idols,
And they are mad over fearsome idols.

Jeremiah 51:7

Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand of the Lord,
Intoxicating all the earth.
The nations have drunk of her wine;
Therefore the nations are going mad.

Ezekiel 6:13

Then you will know that I am the Lord, when their slain are among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every green tree and under every leafy oak—the places where they offered soothing aroma to all their idols.

Ezekiel 20:26

and I pronounced them unclean because of their gifts, in that they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire so that I might make them desolate, in order that they might know that I am the Lord.”’

Ezekiel 20:31

When you offer your gifts, when you cause your sons to pass through the fire, you are defiling yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will not be inquired of by you.

Hosea 4:11-13

Harlotry, wine and new wine take away the understanding.

Hosea 7:4-7

They are all adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker
Who ceases to stir up the fire
From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.

Amos 2:7-8

“These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helpless
Also turn aside the way of the humble;
And a man and his father resort to the same girl
In order to profane My holy name.

Revelation 17:1-5

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,

Revelation 18:3

For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the passion of her immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth of her sensuality.”

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