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Jeremiah 2:1-3
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Jeremiah 2:1-3
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Chapter 2
Infidelity of Israel.[a] 1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 Go, cry out this message for Jerusalem to hear!
I remember the devotion[b] of your youth,
how you loved me as a bride,
Following me in the wilderness,
in a land unsown.(A)
3 Israel was dedicated to the Lord,
the first fruits[c] of his harvest;
All who ate of it were held guilty,
evil befell them—oracle of the Lord.(B)
Footnotes
- 2:1–3:5 These chapters may contain some of Jeremiah’s early preaching. He portrays Israel as the wife of the Lord, faithful only in the beginning, when she walked behind him (2:2–3, 5; 3:1). Consistent with the marriage metaphor, he describes her present unfaithfulness as adultery (2:20; 3:2–3); now she walks behind the Baals.
- 2:2 Devotion: Heb. hesed; Israel’s gratitude, fidelity, and love for God.
- 2:3 First fruits: the first yield of a harvest offered as a sign of dependence on and gratitude toward the Lord of the land, thus divine property. Israel, then, is a gift made to God, set apart for his use; cf. Ex 23:19.
Jeremiah 2:1-3
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Jeremiah 2:1-3
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Israel Forsakes God
2 The word(A) of the Lord came to me: 2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:
“This is what the Lord says:
“‘I remember the devotion of your youth,(B)
how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,(C)
through a land not sown.
3 Israel was holy(D) to the Lord,(E)
the firstfruits(F) of his harvest;
all who devoured(G) her were held guilty,(H)
and disaster overtook them,’”
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 2:7-8
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Jeremiah 2:7-8
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7 I brought you into the garden land
to eat its fine fruits,
But you entered and defiled my land,
you turned my heritage into an abomination.(A)
8 The priests did not ask,
“Where is the Lord?”
The experts in the law[a] did not know me:
the shepherds rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by Baal,
and went after useless idols.(B)
Footnotes
- 2:8 Experts in the law: the priests. The shepherds: the kings and nobles.
Jeremiah 2:7-8
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Jeremiah 2:7-8
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7 I brought you into a fertile land
to eat its fruit and rich produce.(A)
But you came and defiled my land
and made my inheritance detestable.(B)
8 The priests did not ask,
‘Where is the Lord?’
Those who deal with the law did not know me;(C)
the leaders(D) rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by Baal,(E)
following worthless idols.(F)
Jeremiah 2:12-13
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Jeremiah 2:12-13
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12 Be horrified at this, heavens;
shudder, be appalled—oracle of the Lord.
13 Two evils my people have done:
they have forsaken me, the source of living waters;
They have dug themselves cisterns,
broken cisterns that cannot hold water.(A)
Jeremiah 2:12-13
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Jeremiah 2:12-13
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