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Jeremiah 2:4

Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all ye families of the house of Israel.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

In Context

3A 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.

5Thus hath said the Lord, What fault did your fathers find in me, that they went away far from me, and walked after vanity, and became vain?

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Cross References

Isaiah 51:1Hearken to me, ye that pursue righteousness, that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were dug up.

Jeremiah 7:2Place thyself in the gate of the house of the Lord, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all ye of Judah, that enter in by these gates to bow down before the Lord.

Jeremiah 13:15Hear ye, and bend your ear: be not proud; for the Lord hath spoken.

Jeremiah 31:1(30:25) At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God for all the families of Israel, and they shall be unto me for a people.

Jeremiah 34:4Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah, Thus hath said the Lord respecting thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:

Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel; for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; because there is no truth, nor kindness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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