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Text -- Jeremiah 2:1-7 (NET)
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The Lord Recalls Israel’s Earlier Faithfulness
2:1 The Lord spoke to me. He said :
2:2 “Go and declare in the hearing of the people of Jerusalem : ‘This is what the Lord says : “I have fond memories of you, how devoted you were to me in your early years . I remember how you loved me like a new bride ; you followed me through the wilderness , through a land that had never been planted .
2:3 Israel was set apart to the Lord ; they were like the first fruits of a harvest to him. All who tried to devour them were punished ; disaster came upon them,” says the Lord .’”
The Lord Reminds Them of the Unfaithfulness of Their Ancestors
2:4 Now listen to what the Lord has to say, you descendants of Jacob , all you family groups from the nation of Israel .
2:5 This is what the Lord says : “What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols , and so became worthless to me.
2:6 They did not ask : ‘Where is the Lord who delivered us out of Egypt , who brought us through the wilderness , through a land of desert sands and rift valleys , through a land of drought and deep darkness , through a land in which no one travels , and where no one lives ?’
2:7 I brought you into a fertile land so you could enjoy its fruits and its rich bounty . But when you entered my land, you defiled it; you made the land I call my own loathsome to me.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Sin |
Kidron |
God |
Church |
Ingratitude |
Desert |
Israel |
Love |
Canaan |
Vanity |
Firstfruits |
Backsliders |
Prophets |
SHADOW OF DEATH |
CRY, CRYING |
CHAMPAIGN |
Solomon, Song of |
Espouse |
ESPOUSAL; ESPOUSE |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 3-4 |
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