Jeremiah 2:3
Israel was as a thing halowed vnto the Lord, and his first fruits: all they that eat it, shall offend: euil shall come vpon them, saith the Lord.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
4Heare ye the word of the Lord, O house of Iaakob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
Cross References
Exodus 4:22Then thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my sonne, euen my first borne.
Exodus 22:29Thine abundance and thy licour shalt thou not keepe backe. The first borne of thy sonnes shalt thou giue me.
Numbers 18:12All the fat of the oyle, and all the fat of the wine, and of the wheate, which they shall offer vnto the Lord for their first fruites, I haue giuen them vnto thee.
Deuteronomy 14:2For thou art an holy people vnto ye Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a precious people vnto himselfe, aboue all the people that are vpon the earth.
Psalms 81:14I would soone haue humbled their enemies, and turned mine hand against their aduersaries.
Psalms 105:25He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deale craftily with his seruants.
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 →