Jeremiah 3:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.”

Jeremiah 3:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jeremiah 3:2 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jeremiah 3:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat waiting for them by the road, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.”

Jeremiah 3:2 — World English Bible

Jeremiah 3:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. ”

Jeremiah 3:2 — American Standard Version

Jeremiah 3:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Lift thine eyes to the high places, and see, Where hast thou not been lain with? On the ways thou hast sat for them, As an Arab in a wilderness, And thou defilest the land, By thy fornications, and by thy wickedness.”

Jeremiah 3:2 — Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 3:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Lift up thine eyes unto the heights and see, where hast thou not been lain with? In the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arab in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications and with thy wickedness. ”

Jeremiah 3:2 — Darby Translation

Jeremiah 3:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Lift vp thine eyes vnto the hie places, and beholde, where thou hast not plaied the harlot: thou hast sit waiting for them in the waies, as the Arabian in the wildernesse: and thou hast polluted the lande with thy whoredomes, and with thy malice.”

Jeremiah 3:2 — Geneva Bible

Jeremiah 3:2 in Context — Jeremiah 3

1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord.

2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

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What Does Jeremiah 3:2 Mean?

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