35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
    flourishing(A) like a luxuriant native tree,

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35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

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35 I have seen the wicked in great power,
And spreading himself like a native green tree.

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Even their children remember
    their altars and Asherah poles[a](A)
beside the spreading trees
    and on the high hills.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:2 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

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While their children remember
Their altars and their (A)wooden[a] images
By the green trees on the high hills.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:2 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities