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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”

Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, “Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says,

“I remember for you the kindness of your youth,
    the love of your weddings;
how you went after me in the wilderness,
    in a land that was not sown.
Israel was holiness to Yahweh,
    the first fruits of his increase.
All who devour him will be held guilty.
    Evil will come on them,”’ says Yahweh.”

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