58 (A)For they provoked Him to anger with their (B)high places,
And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.

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58 They angered him(A) with their high places;(B)
    they aroused his jealousy with their idols.(C)

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“On(A) a lofty and high mountain
You have set (B)your bed;
Even there you went up
To offer sacrifice.

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You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill;(A)
    there you went up to offer your sacrifices.(B)

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20 “For of old I have (A)broken your yoke and burst your bonds;
And (B)you said, ‘I will not [a]transgress,’
When (C)on every high hill and under every green tree
You lay down, (D)playing the harlot.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:20 Kt. serve

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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“Lift up your eyes to (A)the desolate heights and see:
Where have you not [a]lain with men?
(B)By the road you have sat for them
Like an Arabian in the wilderness;
(C)And you have polluted the land
With your harlotries and your wickedness.

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  1. Jeremiah 3:2 Kt. been violated

“Look up to the barren heights(A) and see.
    Is there any place where you have not been ravished?
By the roadside(B) you sat waiting for lovers,
    sat like a nomad in the desert.
You have defiled the land(C)
    with your prostitution(D) and wickedness.

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