Israel was holy(A) to the Lord,(B)
    the firstfruits(C) of his harvest;
all who devoured(D) her were held guilty,(E)
    and disaster overtook them,’”
declares the Lord.

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Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord.

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(A)Israel was holiness to the Lord,
(B)The firstfruits of His increase.
(C)All that devour him will offend;
Disaster will (D)come upon them,” says the Lord.’ ”

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This is what the Lord says:

“What fault did your ancestors find in me,
    that they strayed so far from me?
They followed worthless idols(A)
    and became worthless(B) themselves.

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Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

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Thus says the Lord:

(A)“What injustice have your fathers found in Me,
That they have gone far from Me,
(B)Have followed [a]idols,
And have become idolaters?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:5 vanities or futilities