Jeremiah 2:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

I will not transgress. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 19:8).

transgress. Hebrew. 'abar.. Homonym. Here. serve; else where. transgress. Not the same word as in verses: Jeremiah 1:29.

high hill... green tree. The places where the Asherah was worshipped. App-42.

Jeremiah 2:20

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