A common misinterpretation views the phrase 'break every yoke' as a blanket endorsement of rebellion against all authority or a call to personal licentiousness, ignoring the context where God Himself issues the command against foreign oppression while condemning Israel's perversion of freedom into idolatry; others literalize 'playing the harlot' as physical immorality rather than metaphorical unfaithfulness to the covenant, or apply it individualistically without recognizing its address to the nation of Israel as a collective bride of God.
Jeremiah 2:20
King James Version (1769)
20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
In this passage, God reminds Israel of His past deliverance from Egyptian bondage, symbolized by breaking the yoke from their necks, and His call to freedom from oppression, yet Israel hypocritically rejected His authority by breaking His covenantal yoke, claiming innocence while engaging in rampant idolatry at pagan high places and under sacred trees, illustrating the profound betrayal of spiritual adultery against their faithful Deliverer.