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Jeremiah 2:20

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Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that [it is] an evil [thing] and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear [is] not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.	For of old time I have broken thy yoke, [and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.	Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For of old time^H5769 I have broken^H7665 thy yoke^H5923, and burst^H5423 thy bands^H4147; and thou saidst^H559, I will not transgress^{H5674 H5647}; when upon every high^H1364 hill^H1389 and under every green^H7488 tree^H6086 thou wanderest^H6808, playing the harlot^H2181.

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Original Hebrew

כִּי מֵעֹולָם שָׁבַרְתִּי עֻלֵּךְ נִתַּקְתִּי מֹוסְרֹתַיִךְ וַתֹּאמְרִי לֹא [אֶעֱבֹד כ] (אֶעֱבֹור ק) כִּי עַל־כָּל־גִּבְעָה גְּבֹהָה וְתַחַת כָּל־עֵץ רַעֲנָן אַתְּ צֹעָה זֹנָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	that
מֵ/עוֹלָ֞ם	me./'o.Lam	H5769	HR/Ncmsa	from/ long ago
שָׁבַ֣רְתִּי	sha.Var.ti	H7665	HVqp1cs	I broke off
עֻלֵּ֗/ךְ	'u.Le/kh	H5923	HNcmsc/Sp2fs	yoke/ your
נִתַּ֨קְתִּי֙	ni.Tak.ti	H5423	HVpp1cs	I tore off
מוֹסְרֹתַ֔יִ/ךְ	mos.ro.Ta.yi/kh	H4147	HNcbpc/Sp2fs	fetters/ your
וַ/תֹּאמְרִ֖י	va./tom.Ri	H559	HC/Vqw2fs	and/ you said
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
אעבד	ʻâbad	H5647	HVqi1cs
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
עַֽל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	every
גִּבְעָ֞ה	giv.'Ah	H1389	HNcfsa	hill
גְּבֹהָ֗ה	ge.vo.Hah	H1364	HAafsa	high
וְ/תַ֨חַת֙	ve./Ta.chat	H8478	HC/R	and/ under
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	every
עֵ֣ץ	'etz	H6086	HNcmsa	tree
רַעֲנָ֔ן	ra.'a.Nan	H7488	HAamsa	luxuriant
אַ֖תְּ	'at	H859	HPp2fs	you
צֹעָ֥ה	tzo.'Ah	H6808	HVqrfsa	(have been) lying down
זֹנָֽה	zo.Nah	H2181	HVqrfsa	a prostitute

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H1364 — גָּבֹהַּ (gâbôahh, gaw-bo'-ah): or גָּבוֹהַּ; (fully) from גָּבַהּ; elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant; haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, [idiom] exceeding proudly.
• H1389 — גִּבְעָה (gibʻâh, ghib-aw'): feminine from the same as גֶּבַע; a hillock; hill, little hill.
• H2181 — זָנָה (zânâh, zaw-naw'): a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton); to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah); (cause to) commit fornication, [idiom] continually, [idiom] great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.
• H4147 — מוֹסֵר (môwçêr, mo-sare'): also (in plural) feminine מוֹסֵרָה; or מֹסְרָה; from יָסַר; properly, chastisement, i.e. (by implication) a halter; figuratively, restraint; band, bond.
• H5423 — נָתַק (nâthaq, naw-thak'): a primitive root; to tear off; break (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.
• H5647 — עָבַד (ʻâbad, aw-bad'): a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.; [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
• H5674 — עָבַר (ʻâbar, aw-bar'): a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation); alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) [phrase] proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, [phrase] raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, [phrase] shave, cause to (make) sound, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.
• H5769 — עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm, o-lawm'): or עֹלָם; from עָלַם; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always; alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare נֶצַח, עַד.
• H5923 — עֹל (ʻôl, ole): or עוֹל; from עָלַל; a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively; yoke.
• H6086 — עֵץ (ʻêts, ates): from עָצָה; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks); [phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
• H6808 — צָעָה (tsâʻâh, tsaw-aw'): a primitive root; to tip over (for the purpose of spilling or pouring out), i.e. (figuratively) depopulate; by implication, to imprison or conquer; (reflexive) to lie down (for coitus); captive exile, travelling, (cause to) wander(-er).
• H7488 — רַעֲנָן (raʻănân, rah-an-awn'): from an unused root meaning to be green; verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous; green, flourishing.
• H7665 — שָׁבַר (shâbar, shaw-bar'): a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively); break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for שָׂבַר).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ; or אַת; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי; plural masculine אַתֶּם; feminine אַתֶּן; or אַתֵּנָהlemma אתֵּנָה missing vowel, corrected to אַתֵּנָה; or אַתֵּנָּה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
• H8478 — תַּחַת (tachath, takh'-ath): from the same as תּוֹחַ; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.; as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

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