Verse Lens · Context pointer
Jeremiah 3:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In…” at Jeremiah 3:2 as a specific part of “Return Is Invited through a Troubling Divorce Analogy.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 3:1–5
Read Jeremiah 3:2 with 3:1–5. By itself, “Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The oracle combines land-defilement law, sexualized accusation, drought, and Judah's appeal to God as father and guide.
Why It Needs Context
This context pointer tracks one step in Jeremiah 3:1–5: The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In…” at Jeremiah 3:2 as a specific part of “Return Is Invited through a Troubling Divorce Analogy.” Read the thought unit before assigning enduring truth or application.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 3:1–5 — Return Is Invited through a Troubling Divorce AnalogySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 3:1–5, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 3:1–5
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