2. Every green tree. Literally, “every tree of luxuriant foliage.” The word translated “green” is from the verb “to grow luxuriant.” Mountains, hills, and groves are favorite places today among heathen nations for the establishing of an idol and its sanctuary (see 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:4; Isa. 57:5; 65:7; Jer. 2:20; 3:13; Eze. 18:6, 11, 15; 22:9). Immorality under the guise of religion generally accompanied such worship.