Jeremiah 2:2 - Tree of Life Version

² “Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, thus says Adonai: I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, and the way you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the Lord: I [earnestly] remember the kindness and devotion of your youth, your love after your betrothal [in Egypt] and marriage [at Sinai] when you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

Common English Bible

² Go and proclaim to the people of Jerusalem, The LORD proclaims: I remember your first love, your devotion as a young bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in an unplanted land.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² "Go, and cry out to the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus says the Lord: I have remembered you, taking pity on your youth and on the charity of your betrothal, when you followed me into the desert, into a land which is not sown.

Jeremiah 2:2 Cross References

Psalm 129:1

A Song of Ascents. “How many times they have been hostile to me, even from my youth” —let Israel now say—

Exodus 14:31

When Israel saw the great work that Adonai did over the Egyptians, the people feared Adonai, and they believed in Adonai and in His servant Moses.

Exodus 16:8

Then Moses said, “Adonai will give you meat to eat in the evening and enough bread to fill you in the morning, since Adonai hears your complaints that you mutter against Him, what are we? Your complaining is not against us, but against Adonai!”

Proverbs 1:20

Wisdom calls aloud in the streets, she raises her voice in public squares.

Song of Solomon 3:11

Go out, daughters of Zion, and gaze upon King Solomon, with a wreath his mother placed on him on the day of his marriage— on the day of his heart’s joy.

Song of Solomon 3:6

Who is this—she who is coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with every powder of the merchant?

Isaiah 58:1

“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a shofar. Tell My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

Jeremiah 11:6

Then Adonai said to me: “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: ‘Hear the words of this covenant, and do them.’

Jeremiah 19:2

and go out to the Valley of Ben-Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words that I will tell you,

Jeremiah 2:1

Again the word of Adonai came to me, saying:

Jeremiah 2:6

They did not ask ‘Where is Adonai, who brought us up from the land of Egypt and led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and rifts, through a land of drought and distress, through a land where no one travels, where no one lives?’

Jeremiah 3:4

Did you not just now call to Me: ‘Avi! You are a friend of my youth.

Jeremiah 7:2

Stand in the gate of Adonai’s house and proclaim there this word and say: “Hear the word of Adonai, all you of Judah that come through these gates to worship Adonai.

Ezekiel 16:22

In all your abominations and harlotry, you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, kicking about in your blood.

Ezekiel 16:60

Nevertheless, I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth. Moreover, I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.

Ezekiel 16:8

“Again I passed by and saw you, and behold, you were truly at the time of love. I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness. I swore to you and entered into a covenant with you,” says Adonai. “So you became Mine.

Ezekiel 23:19

Yet she multiplied her harlotry—remembering the days of her youth, when she was a harlot in the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 23:3

They were harlots in Egypt; they were harlots in their youth; their bosoms were caressed there and their virgin breasts were fondled.

Ezekiel 23:8

She did not give up her harlotry in Egypt; for in her youth they had lain with her. They fondled her virgin breasts and poured out their lust on her.

Hosea 11:1

“When Israel was a youth I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

Hosea 2:15

Then I will punish her for the days of the Baalim to whom she would burn incense— adorning herself with her rings and jewelry, going after her lovers— but Me she forgot.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Hosea 2:17

I will give her back her vineyards from there and make the valley of Achor a door of hope. She will respond there— as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of the land of Egypt.

Hosea 2:7

For their mother has practiced prostitution. She who conceived them has been shameful. For she said, ‘Let me go after my lovers, who are giving me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’

Hosea 8:1

“Put a shofar to your mouth! Like a vulture he comes against the house of Adonai. For they overstepped My covenant and transgressed My Torah.

Hosea 9:10

“Like grapes in the wilderness I found Israel. Like early fruit on a fig tree in its first season I saw your fathers. They came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame. So they became as detestable as the thing they loved.

Jonah 1:2

“Rise, go to the great city Nineveh and call out to her, for their evil has risen before me.”

Matthew 11:15

He who has ears, let him hear!

Luke 12:13

Then someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

Deuteronomy 2:7

For Adonai your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand—He has known your wanderings through this great wilderness. These 40 years Adonai your God has been with you—you have lacked nothing.”’

Deuteronomy 33:3

Indeed, a lover of peoples is He— all His kedoshim are in His hand. They followed in Your steps, each receiving Your words.

Deuteronomy 8:2

You are to remember all the way that Adonai your God has led you these 40 years in the wilderness—in order to humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His mitzvot or not.

James 4:4

You adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Revelation 2:4

“But this I have against you, that you have forsaken your first love.