20 “For long ago [a](A)I broke your yoke
And tore off your restraints;
But you said, ‘I will not serve!’
For on every (B)high hill
And under every leafy tree
You have lain down as a prostitute.

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  1. Jeremiah 2:20 Or you

20 “Long ago you broke off your yoke(A)
    and tore off your bonds;(B)
    you said, ‘I will not serve you!’(C)
Indeed, on every high hill(D)
    and under every spreading tree(E)
    you lay down as a prostitute.(F)

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26 You also committed prostitution with the Egyptians, your [a]lustful neighbors, and multiplied your obscene practice to (A)provoke Me to anger.

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  1. Ezekiel 16:26 Lit great of flesh

26 You engaged in prostitution(A) with the Egyptians,(B) your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger(C) with your increasing promiscuity.(D)

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28 Moreover, you committed prostitution with the (A)Assyrians because you were not satisfied; you committed prostitution with them and still were not satisfied. 29 You also multiplied your obscene practice with the land of merchants, Chaldea; yet even with this you were not satisfied.”’”

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28 You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians(A) too, because you were insatiable; and even after that, you still were not satisfied.(B) 29 Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia,[a](C) a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.(D)

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  1. Ezekiel 16:29 Or Chaldea