Jeremiah 2:3
Israel was holy to the Lord, the first-fruits of his increase: all who made attacks on him were judged as wrongdoers, evil came on them, says the Lord.
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4Give ear to the words of the Lord, O sons of Jacob and all the families of Israel:
Cross References
Exodus 4:22And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:
Exodus 22:29Do not keep back your offerings from the wealth of your grain and your vines. The first of your sons you are to give to me.
Numbers 18:12All the best of the oil and the wine and the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give to the Lord, to you have I given them.
Deuteronomy 14:2For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.
Psalms 81:14\81:13\If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways!
Psalms 105:25Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:2-9
Jeremiah's First Message; The Divine Goodness to Israel. ( b. c. 629.) 1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord ; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 3 Israel was holiness unto the Lord , and the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord . 4 Hear ye the word of the… Read the whole commentary →