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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 17:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 17:2 |
Strong Concordance |
Whilst their children [01121] remember [02142] their altars [04196] and their groves [0842] by the green [07488] trees [06086] upon the high [01364] hills [01389]. |
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King James |
Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
children remember--Instead of forsaking the idolatries of their fathers, they keep them up (Jer 7:18). This is given as proof that their sin is "graven upon . . . altars" (Jer 17:1), that is, is not merely temporary. They corrupt their posterity after them. CASTALIO less probably translates, "They remember their altars as (fondly as) they do their children."
groves--rather, "images of Astarte," the goddess of the heavenly hosts, represented as a sacred tree, such as is seen in the Assyrian sculptures (Kg2 21:7; Ch2 24:18). "Image of the grove." The Hebrew for "grove" is Asherah, that is, Assarak, Astarte, or Ashtaroth.
by the green trees--that is, near them: the sacred trees (idol symbols) of Astarte being placed in the midst of natural trees: "green trees" is thus distinguished from "groves," artificial trees. HENDERSON, to avoid taking the same Hebrew particle in the same sentence differently, "by . . . upon" translates "images of Astarte on the green trees." But it is not probable that images, in the form of a sacred tree, should be hung on trees, rather than near them. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
While their children remember their altars - Perhaps an allusion to their sacrifices of children to Moloch. Present perhaps at some such blood-stained rite, its horrors would be engraven forever upon the memory.
Groves - "Asherahs," i. e., wooden images of Astarte (see Exo 34:13 note). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Their children - This shewed how inveterate they were in this sin of idolatry, that they taught it their children. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Whilst their children remember - Even the rising generation have their imagination stocked with idol images, and their memories with the frantic rites and ceremonies which they saw their parents observe in this abominable worship. |
18 And they left [05800] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] God [0430] of their fathers [01], and served [05647] groves [0842] and idols [06091]: and wrath [07110] came upon Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] for this their trespass [0819].
7 And he set [07760] a graven image [06459] of the grove [0842] that he had made [06213] in the house [01004], of which the LORD [03068] said [0559] to David [01732], and to Solomon [08010] his son [01121], In this house [01004], and in Jerusalem [03389], which I have chosen [0977] out of all tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], will I put [07760] my name [08034] for ever [05769]:
1 The sin [02403] of Judah [03063] is written [03789] with a pen [05842] of iron [01270], and with the point [06856] of a diamond [08068]: it is graven [02790] upon the table [03871] of their heart [03820], and upon the horns [07161] of your altars [04196];
18 The children [01121] gather [03950] wood [06086], and the fathers [01] kindle [01197] the fire [0784], and the women [0802] knead [03888] their dough [01217], to make [06213] cakes [03561] to the queen [04446] of heaven [08064], and to pour out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto other [0312] gods [0430], that they may provoke me to anger [03707].
13 But ye shall destroy [05422] their altars [04196], break [07665] their images [04676], and cut down [03772] their groves [0842]: