Jeremiah 2:3
Israel was holy to the Lord, the firstfruits of his harvest. Anyone who ate this harvest was guilty of sin, and they experienced the disastrous results, declares the Lord.
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4Listen to the Lord's message, descendants of Jacob, all you Israelites.
Cross References
Exodus 4:22This is what you are to tell Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says. Israel is my firstborn son.
Exodus 22:29You must not hold on to the required offerings of your produce, olive oil, and wine. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.
Numbers 18:12I am giving you all the best olive oil and all the best new wine and grain that the Israelites give as firstfruits to the Lord.
Deuteronomy 14:2because you are a holy people who belong to the Lord your God. The Lord chose you as his special people out of all the nations on earth.
Psalms 81:14It wouldn't take me long to conquer their enemies, to strike down their foes.
Psalms 105:25He made the Egyptians change their minds and hate his people and act deceptively towards 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 →