Jeremiah 2:1

The word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

In Context

2Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, Thus saith Jehovah: I remember the kindness shown thee in thy youth, The love with which I espoused thee, When thou wast led by me through the wilderness, Through a land that was not sown.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 1:11Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, I see a rod of almond-wood.

Jeremiah 23:28The prophet who hath a dream, let him tell a dream; And he that hath my word, let him speak my word truly! What is the chaff to the wheat? saith Jehovah.

Hebrews 1:1God, who at different times and in different ways spoke of old to the fathers by the prophets,

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:1

It is probable that this chapter was Jeremiah's first sermon after his ordination; and a most lively pathetic sermon it is as any we have is all the books of the prophets. Let him not say, "I cannot speak, for I am a child;" for, God having touched his mouth and put his words into it, none can speak better. The scope of the chapter is to show God's people their transgressions, even the house of Jacob their sins; it is all by way of reproof and conviction, that they might be brought to repent of their sins and so… Read the whole commentary →

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