Jeremiah 3:6 meaning and explanation

Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

Jeremiah 3:6, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD speaks to Jeremiah during King Josiah’s reign, decades after the northern kingdom of Israel fell to Assyria in 722 BC. Israel is called “faithless” because she pursued other gods at shrines on every high hill and under every green tree, the very places where Canaanite worship was practiced.

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