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Jeremiah 2:20

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Jeremiah 2:20 English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK)

20 “For long ago I broke your yoke
    and burst your bonds;
    but you said, ‘I will not serve.’
Yes, on every high hill
    and under every green tree
    you bowed down like a whore.

English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK)

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Jeremiah 2:20 New International Version (NIV)

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.

New International Version (NIV)

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Jeremiah 2:20 King James Version (KJV)

20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 2:20 New King James Version (NKJV)

20 “For of old I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds;
And you said, ‘I will not [a]transgress,’
When on every high hill and under every green tree
You lay down, playing the harlot.

Footnotes:

  1. Jeremiah 2:20 Kt. serve
New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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