Jeremiah 2:20 meaning and explanation
“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
Jeremiah 2:20, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD speaks through Jeremiah to Jerusalem and the house of Jacob, picturing Israel as an animal that snapped its harness. The yoke and chains are the covenant bond with God, and breaking them was not a bid for freedom but a refusal to serve him.
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