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Yahweh Remembers Israel’s Faithfulness

And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,[a] “Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying,[b] ‘Thus says Yahweh,

“I remember concerning you the loyal love of your childhood,[c]
    the love of your betrothal-time,
your going[d] after me in the desert,[e]
    in the land not sown.
Israel was holy to Yahweh,
    the first fruit of his produce.
All those who ate it were held guilty;
    disaster came to them,” declares[f] Yahweh.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:1 Literally “to say”
  2. Jeremiah 2:2 Literally “to say”
  3. Jeremiah 2:2 Or “youth”
  4. Jeremiah 2:2 Or “walking”
  5. Jeremiah 2:2 Or “wilderness”
  6. Jeremiah 2:3 Literally “a declaration of”