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Jeremiah 2:20

NETBible	“Indeed,¹ long ago you threw off my authority and refused to be subject to me.² You said, ‘I will not serve you.’³ Instead, you gave yourself to other gods on every high hill and under every green tree, like a prostitute sprawls out before her lovers.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Jer 2:20	"Long ago you broke off your yoke and tore off your bonds; you said, ‘I will not serve you!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every spreading tree you lay down as a prostitute.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 2:20	"For long ago I broke your yoke And tore off your bonds; But you said, ‘I will not serve!’ For on every high hill And under every green tree You have lain down as a harlot.
NLT © biblegateway Jer 2:20	Long ago I broke your yoke and tore away the chains of your slavery, but still you would not obey me. On every hill and under every green tree, you have prostituted yourselves by bowing down to idols.
MSG © biblegateway Jer 2:20	"A long time ago you broke out of the harness. You shook off all restraints. You said, 'I will not serve!' and off you went, Visiting every sex-and-religion shrine on the way, like a common whore.
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 2:20	For in the past, your yoke was broken by your hands and your cords parted; and you said, I will not be your servant; for on every high hill and under every branching tree, your behaviour was like that of a loose woman
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 2:20	For long ago you broke your yoke and burst your bonds, and you said, "I will not serve!" On every high hill and under every green tree you sprawled and played the whore.
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 2:20	"For of old I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds; And you said, ‘I will not transgress,’ When on every high hill and under every green tree You lay down, playing the harlot.
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KJV	For of old time <05769> I have broken <07665> (8804) thy yoke <05923>_, [and] burst <05423> (8765) thy bands <04147>_; and thou saidst <0559> (8799)_, I will not transgress <05674> (8799) (8675) <05647> (8799)_; when upon every high <01364> hill <01389> and under every green <07488> tree <06086> thou wanderest <06808> (8802)_, playing the harlot <02181> (8802)_. {transgress: or, serve}
NASB © biblegateway Jer 2:20	"For long <05769> ago <05769> I broke <07665> your yoke <05923> And tore <05423> off <05423> your bonds <04147> ; But you said <0559> , 'I will not serve <05647> !' For on every <03605> high <01364> hill <01389> And under <08478> every <03605> green <07488> tree <06086> You have lain <06808> down <06808> as a harlot <02181> .
LXXM	oti <3754> CONJ ap <575> PREP aiwnov <165> N-GSM sunetriqav <4937> V-AAI-2S ton <3588> T-ASM zugon <2218> N-ASM sou <4771> P-GS diespasav <1288> V-AAI-2S touv <3588> T-APM desmouv {N-APM} sou <4771> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ eipav {V-AAI-2S} ou <3364> ADV douleusw <1398> V-FAI-1S alla <235> CONJ poreusomai <4198> V-FMI-1S epi <1909> PREP pan <3956> A-ASM bounon <1015> N-ASM uqhlon <5308> A-ASM kai <2532> CONJ upokatw <5270> ADV pantov <3956> A-GSN xulou <3586> N-GSN kataskiou {A-GSN} ekei <1563> ADV diacuyhsomai {V-FPI-1S} en <1722> PREP th <3588> T-DSF porneia <4202> N-DSF mou <1473> P-GS
NET [draft] ITL	“Indeed <03588> , long ago <05769> you threw off <07665> my authority <05923> and refused <05423> to be subject <04147> to me. You said <0559> , ‘I will not <03808> serve <05647> you.’ Instead <03588> , you <0859> gave yourself to other gods on <05921> every <03605> high <01364> hill <01389> and under <08478> every <03605> green <07488> tree <06086> , like a prostitute <02181> sprawls out <06808> before her lovers.
HEBREW	hnz <02181> heu <06808> ta <0859> Nner <07488> Ue <06086> lk <03605> txtw <08478> hhbg <01364> hebg <01389> lk <03605> le <05921> yk <03588> *rwbea {dbea} <05647> al <03808> yrmatw <0559> Kytrowm <04147> ytqtn <05423> Kle <05923> ytrbs <07665> Mlwem <05769> yk (2:20) <03588>

NETBible

“Indeed,¹ long ago you threw off my authority and refused to be subject to me.² You said, ‘I will not serve you.’³ Instead, you gave yourself to other gods on every high hill and under every green tree, like a prostitute sprawls out before her lovers.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Or “For.” The Hebrew particle (כִּי, ki) here introduces the evidence that they had no respect for him.

²tn Heb “you broke your yoke…tore off your yoke ropes.” The metaphor is that of a recalcitrant ox or heifer which has broken free from its master.

³tc The MT of this verse has two examples of the old second feminine singular perfect, שָׁבַרְתִּי (shavarti) and נִתַּקְתִּי (nittaqti), which the Masoretes mistook for first singulars leading to the proposal to read אֶעֱבוֹר (’e’evor, “I will not transgress”) for אֶעֱבֹד (’e’evod, “I will not serve”). The latter understanding of the forms is accepted in KJV but rejected by almost all modern English versions as being less appropriate to the context than the reading accepted in the translation given here.

⁴tn Heb “you sprawled as a prostitute on….” The translation reflects the meaning of the metaphor.