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Verse Jeremiah 2:3. _ISRAEL_ WAS _HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD_] Fully
_consecrated_ to his service.
_THE FIRST FRUITS OF HIS INCREASE_] They were as wholly the Lord's,
as the first fruits were the proper...
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Render: “Israel” is an offering consecrated to Yahweh, His
firstfruits of increase. The firstfruits were God’s consecrated
property, His portion of the whole harvest. Pagan, i. e.,
unconsecrated, nati...
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CHAPTER S 2:1-3:5
Expostulation and Impeachment
_ 1. His love and kindness to Jerusalem (Jeremiah 2:1) _
2. The unfaithful people (Jeremiah 2:4)
3. The two evils and the results (Jeremiah 2:12)...
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JEREMIAH 2:1 TO JEREMIAH 4:4. These Chapter s belong to the time of
Josiah (626ff. B.C.), and contain some of the earliest prophecies of
Jeremiah. Their central thought is the faithlessness of the peo...
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HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 19:6).
THE FIRSTFRUITS, &C, which were consecrated. Ref to Pentateuch (Exodus
23:19; Deuteronomy 18:4;...
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_Israel was holiness unto the Lord, the firstfruits of his increase_
Cp. Exodus 19:6; Deuteronomy 8:6; Deuteronomy 14:2; cp. Jeremiah 26:18
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ALL THAT DEVOUR HIM SHALL OFFEND— _Are trespassers,_ or _shall rue
it._ Or, _All who desired to destroy him were destroyed; evils came
upon them._ Houbigant....
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CHAPTER FIVE
SERMONS FROM THE REIGN OF JOSIAH
Jeremiah 2:1 to Jeremiah 6:30
Chapter s 2-6 contain several discourses uttered at different times in
the early years of Jeremiah's prophetic ministry. S...
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Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his
increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them,
saith the LORD.
HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD - i:e., was consecrated t...
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FIRSTFRUITS OF.. INCREASE] i.e. the consecrated part. ALL THAT DEVOUR,
etc.] The priest and his family alone were to eat of the first fruits
(Leviticus 22:10; Leviticus 22:16). If any unhallowed perso...
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JEREMIAH'S SECOND PROPHECY (2:1-3:5)
The prophet expostulates with Israel because of their unfaithfulness
to Jehovah.
1-13. Under the figure of the marriage relation Jehovah reminds the
people of Hi...
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HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD. — The thought was that expressed in the
inscription on the gold plate worn on the high priest’s forehead
(Exodus 28:36), and in the term “holy thing” (Leviticus 22:10;
Matthew...
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קֹ֤דֶשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לַ יהוָ֔ה
רֵאשִׁ֖ית _תְּבוּאָתֹ֑ו_† כָּל
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CHAPTER II
THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT
Jeremiah 2:1; Jeremiah 3:1
THE first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermon
which proceeds from an exposure of national sin to the menace...
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UNGRATEFUL FORGETFULNESS
Jeremiah 2:1-8; Jeremiah 26:1-24; Jeremiah 27:1-22; Jeremiah 28:1-17;
Jeremiah 29:1-32; Jeremiah 30:1-24; Jeremiah 31:1-40; Jeremiah 32:1-44
God regarded
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The first movement in commissioning the called man now commences. He
was commanded to utter a great impeachment in the ears of Jerusalem.
This impeachment was threefold. It first declared how Israel h...
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Israel [was] (c) holiness to the LORD, [and] the firstfruits of his
increase: all (d) that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon
them, saith the LORD.
(c) Chosen above all others to serve the...
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_Increase; most desirable, Osee ix. 10. God punished those who
attempted to injure his people: yet they abandoned his service._...
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I pray the Reader to observe, the graciousness of God's dealings with
his people, even when he is about to reprove them. He puts them in
mind of their past affection, and when matters were different w...
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God here more clearly reprobates the ingratitude of the people: and
first he enumerates his favors by which he had bound the people for
ever to himself; and secondly, he shews how malignantly the peop...
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Chapter 2 contains a most touching appeal to the people at Jerusalem.
It requires no explanation, but deserves the heart's serious
attention. It testifies in the most striking manner to the kindness
a...
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ISRAEL WAS HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD,.... When first brought out of Egypt
into the wilderness, by the Lord's choice and separation of them to be
a holy people to him above all others; by covenant with hi...
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Israel [was] holiness unto the LORD, [and] the firstfruits of his
increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them,
saith the LORD.
Ver. 3. _Israel was holiness unto the Lord._]...
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Jer. 2:2, 3. "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." Israel was holiness to the Lord, and...
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_Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem_ In the most public parts of the
city, that all may hear; _saying, Thus saith the Lord_ I deliver his
message, and not my own. I come to you with a commission from...
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1-8 Those who begin well, but do not persevere, will justly be
upbraided with their hopeful and promising beginnings. Those who
desert religion, commonly oppose it more than those who never knew it....
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ISRAEL WAS HOLINESS, or HOLY, the abstract for the concrete, i.e. a
people dedicated to God; thus the word is used LEVITICUS 21:7,
LEVITICUS 27:14; set apart from other people for myself by peculiar
l...
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Jeremiah 2:3 Israel H3478 holiness H6944 LORD H3068 firstfruits H7225
increase H8393 devour H398 (H8802) offend H816 ...
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YHWH IS SEEKING TO CALL HIS PEOPLE BACK TO THEIR FIRST-LOVE (JEREMIAH
2:1).
YHWH now sums up His purpose for calling Jeremiah in terms of a
restoration of His people to their wilderness first-love. He...
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Jeremiah 2:1. Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 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...
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Jeremiah 2:1. Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 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 espousal...
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CONTENTS: First message to backslidden Judah concerning their
ingratitude to God and wickedness against Him.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: It is a great affront to God to neglect Him and for...
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Jeremiah 2:2. _I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth._ God now
addressed them, that he might do the same to the children as he had
done to the fathers, and rejoice over them as the bridegroom rej...
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_I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth._
YOUTHFUL RELIGION
I. The rich and glowing description of youthful piety here given.
1. Ardent affection.
2. Union of the soul to Christ.
3. A going a...
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JEREMIAH 2:1 Israel’s Covenantal Adultery. These five related
messages were probably delivered during Josiah’s reign (Jeremiah
3:6). Jeremiah declares that God’s chosen people commit spiritual
adulter...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 2:3 ISRAEL WAS HOLY TO THE LORD, set apart
for his purposes, just as Jeremiah was set apart for the Lord’s
purposes in his role as a prophet ...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY. Most probably in
thirteenth Josiah, quickly after his call. Dr. Dahler (Stratsbourg)
would interpose Chapter s 4, 5, 6; deferring this chapter till after...
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EXPOSITION
The second chapter forms the introduction of a group of discourses
(Jeremiah 2-6), which should be read together. It is called By Ewald
(and the position of the prophecy favors this view) t...
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the
ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD (Jeremiah 2:1-2);
Now this is the first message that he has to deliver. As God is
cal...
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1 Peter 2:9; Acts 9:4; Acts 9:5; Amos 6:1; Deuteronomy 14:2;...
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Holiness — A people dedicated to God. As — As the first fruits
were holy to God, so was Israel. Devour — All that were injurious to
him. Offend — Were liable to punishment. Evil — Evil was inflicted
o...