Jeremiah 2:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“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.

Young's Literal Translation
For from of old thou hast broken thy yoke, Drawn away thy bands, and sayest, ‘I do not serve,’ For, on every high height, and under every green tree, Thou art wandering—a harlot.

King James Bible
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, [and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress {08675;05647:08799}; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

Hebrew
“For
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

long ago
מֵעוֹלָ֞ם (mê·‘ō·w·lām)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

you broke
שָׁבַ֣רְתִּי (šā·ḇar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

your yoke
עֻלֵּ֗ךְ (‘ul·lêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 5923: A yoke

and tore off
נִתַּ֙קְתִּי֙ (nit·taq·tî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5423: To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off

your chains,
מוֹסְרֹתַ֔יִךְ (mō·ws·rō·ṯa·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 4147: Chastisement, a halter, restraint

saying,
וַתֹּאמְרִ֖י (wat·tō·mə·rî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I will not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

serve!”
אֶעֱב֑וֹר (’e·‘ĕ·ḇō·wr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

Indeed,
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

on
עַֽל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

high
גְּבֹהָ֗ה (gə·ḇō·hāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 1364: Elevated, powerful, arrogant

hill
גִּבְעָ֞ה (giḇ·‘āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1389: A hillock

and under
וְתַ֙חַת֙ (wə·ṯa·ḥaṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

green
רַעֲנָ֔ן (ra·‘ă·nān)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7488: Verdant, new, prosperous

tree
עֵ֣ץ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

you
אַ֖תְּ (’at)
Pronoun - second person feminine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

lay down
צֹעָ֥ה (ṣō·‘āh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 6808: To tip over, depopulate, to imprison, conquer, to lie down

as a prostitute.
זֹנָֽה׃ (zō·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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