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“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying,[a] ‘Thus says Yahweh,

“I remember concerning you the loyal love of your childhood,[b]
    the love of your betrothal-time,
your going[c] after me in the desert,[d]
    in the land not sown.
Israel was holy to Yahweh,
    the first fruit of his produce.
All those who ate it were held guilty;
    disaster came to them,” declares[e] Yahweh.’”

The Unfaithfulness of Israel’s Ancestors

Hear the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the clans[f] of the house of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:2 Literally “to say”
  2. Jeremiah 2:2 Or “youth”
  3. Jeremiah 2:2 Or “walking”
  4. Jeremiah 2:2 Or “wilderness”
  5. Jeremiah 2:3 Literally “a declaration of”
  6. Jeremiah 2:4 Or “families”