2 God rehearseth his benefits done unto the Jews. 8 Against the priests and false prophets. 12 The Jews are destroyed because they forsake God.

Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I remember thee, with the [a]kindness of thy youth and the love of thy marriage, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness [b]in a land that was not sown.

Israel was as a thing [c]hallowed unto the Lord, and his firstfruits: all they [d]that eat it, shall offend: evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:2 According to that grace and favor which I showed thee from the beginning, when I did first choose thee to be my people, and married thee to myself, Ezek. 16:8.
  2. Jeremiah 2:2 When I had delivered thee out of Egypt.
  3. Jeremiah 2:3 Chosen above all others to serve the Lord only, and the first offered to the Lord of all other nations.
  4. Jeremiah 2:3 Whosoever did challenge this people, or else did annoy them, was punished.

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