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The evidence against them is plain to see: sex-and-religion altars and sacred sex shrines Anywhere there's a grove of trees, anywhere there's an available hill.
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while their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles, by the green trees on the high hills-
Jeremiah 17:2 In-Context
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“Judah’s sin is engraved with an iron tool, inscribed with a flint point, on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
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Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles beside the spreading trees and on the high hills.
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My mountain in the land and your wealth and all your treasures I will give away as plunder, together with your high places, because of sin throughout your country.
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Through your own fault you will lose the inheritance I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for you have kindled my anger, and it will burn forever.”
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This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the LORD.