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Jeremiah 2:4 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 2 · verse 4
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:Jeremiah 2:4 · King James Version
Jeremiah 2:4 in context
2Go 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.
3Israel 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.
4Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
5Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
6Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- familiesmishpâchâha familyH4940 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- Hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- worddâbâra wordH1697 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Here is, I. A command given to Jeremiah to go and carry a message from God to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He was charged in general (Jer 1:17) to go and speak to them; here he is particularly charged to go and speak this to them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8