Then he directed them all to sit down in groups on the green grass.

It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant.

For if such things are done ¹  when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?” ² 

For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants. ¹ 

He takes me to lush pastures, he leads me to refreshing water.

Before his time ¹  he will be paid in full, ²  and his branches will not flourish. ³ 

They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves. ¹ 

He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

I have seen ruthless evil men ¹  growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil. ² 

Their children are always thinking about ¹  their ²  altars and their sacred poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah, ³  set up beside the green trees on the high hills

The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous ¹  will flourish like a green leaf. ² 

You may eat any moving thing that lives. ¹  As I gave you ²  the green plants, I now give ³  you everything.

The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how handsome you are, my lover! ¹  Oh, ²  how delightful ³  you are! The lush foliage ⁴  is our canopied bed; ⁵ 

They even built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

you who practice ritual sex ¹  under the oaks and every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs. ² 

But I ¹  am like a flourishing ²  olive tree in the house of God; I continually ³  trust in God’s loyal love.

For the waters of Nimrim are gone; ¹  the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants.

And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground – everything that has the breath of life in it – I give ¹  every green plant for food.” It was so.