Verse 2
2. Whilst their children remember, etc. Two senses of this verse have been given: 1) That of the common Version, but the first word should be translated “as.” 2) That of Keil As their children, they remember their altars, that is, as fondly. This is best.
Groves Rather, their asherahs: wooden images of Astarte, the female divinity answering to Baal.
By the green trees Literally, upon the “green trees,” the preposition being the same as that before hills. Some explain this difficulty by referring it back to the word “remember;” but this is far from satisfactory.
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