Jeremiah 2:3
A holy thing is Israel unto the Lord, the first of his fruits: all that devour him shall incur guilt; evil shall come over them, saith the Lord.
Leeser Tanakh
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In Context
4Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all ye families of the house of Israel.
Cross References
Exodus 4:22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus hath said the Lord, My son, my first-born, is Israel.
Exodus 22:29(22:28) The first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors, shalt thou not delay to offer; the first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
Numbers 18:12All the best of oil, and all the best of wine, and of corn, the first-fruits thereof which they shall offer unto the Lord, to thee have I given them.
Deuteronomy 14:2For a holy people art thou unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath made choice of thee to be unto himself a peculiar nation above all the nations that are upon the face of the earth.
Psalms 81:14(81:15) In a little while would I subdue their enemies, and against their adversaries would I turn my hand.
Psalms 105:25He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilely with his servants.
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 →