Jeremiah 3:6
The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 3:11-14 compares Israel and Judah, calling Israel to repentance and highlighting God's mercy despite backsliding.
Jeremiah 3:8 continues the metaphor: God divorced Israel for adultery, yet Judah, seeing this, still played the harlot.
Jeremiah 3:13 echoes the 'under every green tree' imagery, calling Israel to acknowledge that very sin mentioned in 3:6.
Jeremiah 3:23 contrasts vain hope from hills (idolatry sites) with true salvation, picking up the mountain imagery from 3:6.
Jeremiah 3:1 uses the divorce analogy for Israel's harlotry, grounding the same accusation in covenant law.
Jeremiah 2:20 uses identical language — 'upon every high hill and under every green tree' — to describe Israel's harlotry.
Jeremiah 13:27 directly reiterates the adultery and hill-top abominations, reinforcing the same indictment as 3:6.
Jeremiah 14:7 confesses the 'backslidings' (same Hebrew word) that 3:6 accuses, showing the people's acknowledgment of sin.
Jeremiah 31:22 addresses the same 'backsliding daughter' from 3:6, but now with a promise of restoration.
Jeremiah 2:19 warns that backsliding brings correction, echoing the theme of Israel's apostasy in 3:6.
Jeremiah 50:6 uses mountain imagery for straying sheep, similar to Israel's wandering on high places in 3:6.
Jeremiah 5:11 expands Israel's treachery to include Judah, showing the same unfaithfulness described in 3:6.
Jeremiah 7:24 describes Israel walking in evil imagination and going backward, paralleling the backsliding of 3:6.
Jeremiah 11:10 connects Israel's backsliding to covenant breaking and going after other gods, mirroring the harlotry in 3:6.
Ezekiel 16:31 expands the harlotry metaphor, describing Israel building high places in every street — the same spiritual adultery imagery.
Ezekiel 20:28 recounts Israel offering sacrifices on every high hill and under every thick tree — the same locations condemned in Jeremiah.
Ezekiel 23:11 uses the same sister metaphor: Judah became more corrupt than Israel, building on Jeremiah's comparison.
1 Kings 14:23 describes Judah building high places and groves on every high hill and under every green tree — the identical idolatrous practice.
2 Kings 17:7-17 recounts Israel's idolatry leading to exile, directly illustrating the 'playing the harlot' of 3:6.
Isaiah 57:5 also condemns idolatry 'under every green tree' — the same phrase and practice as Jeremiah.
Ezekiel 6:13 repeats the phrase 'upon every high hill, under every green tree' — the same idolatrous setting as Jeremiah 3:6.
Ezekiel 16:35 directly addresses Jerusalem as a 'harlot' — using the same metaphor of sexual unfaithfulness for idolatry in Jeremiah 3:6.
Deuteronomy 12:2 commands destroying pagan worship sites on high mountains and under green trees — the very places Israel later used for idolatry.
Hosea 2:2 calls Israel to put away whoredoms — the same marital unfaithfulness imagery as Jeremiah 3:6's 'played the harlot'.
Hosea 4:13 mentions sacrificing on mountains and under trees — identical idolatrous locations to Jeremiah 3:6's high hills and green trees.
Hosea 4:15 warns Judah not to follow Israel's harlotry — mirroring Jeremiah 3:6-7 where Judah saw Israel's apostasy.
Hosea 4:16 uses 'backsliding' (meshubah) for Israel — the same term as Jeremiah 3:6's 'backsliding Israel'.
Hosea 6:10 describes the 'whoredom of Ephraim' as a horrible thing God has seen — like Jeremiah 3:6's observed harlotry.
Hosea 11:7 says God's people are 'bent to backsliding' — echoing the backsliding motif of Jeremiah 3:6.
Isaiah 57:7 describes Israel setting up idols on high mountains, echoing the 'high mountain' imagery of 3:6.
Isaiah 1:29 condemns delighting in oaks and gardens for idol worship — similar to Jeremiah's 'under every green tree' but with gardens.
Ezekiel 6:3 addresses mountains and hills as sites of high places, echoing the mountain idolatry in 3:6.
Ezekiel 16:24 speaks of building high places for idols, similar to the 'high mountain' harlotry in 3:6.
Psalm 106:39 summarizes Israel's idolatry as 'going a whoring with their own inventions' — the same spiritual adultery metaphor.