Jeremiah 2:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Israel was holy to the  Lord, the firstfruits of his harvest. All who ate of it found themselves guilty; disaster came on them.’ This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Cross References

Revelation 14:4

These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, since they remained virgins.  These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed  from humanity as the firstfruits  for God and the Lamb.

James 1:18

By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Isaiah 41:11

Be sure that all who are enraged against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will become as nothing and will perish.

Romans 11:16

Now if the firstfruits are holy,  so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.

Zechariah 2:8

For the Lord of Armies says this: ‘In pursuit of his glory, he sent me against the nations plundering you, for whoever touches you touches the pupil  of my  eye.

Jeremiah 50:7

Whoever found them devoured them. Their adversaries said, ‘We’re not guilty; instead, they have sinned against the  Lord, their righteous grazing land, the hope of their ancestors,  the  Lord.’

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race,   ,, a royal priesthood,   , a holy nation,   , a people for his possession,   , so that you may proclaim the praises   ,, of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

Ephesians 1:4

For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.  ,

Jeremiah 12:14

This is what the Lord says: ‘Concerning all my evil neighbours who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to my people, Israel, I am about to uproot them  from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from them.

Deuteronomy 14:2

for you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you to be his own possession  out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a holy people  belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be his own possession  out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

Numbers 18:12

I am giving you all the best of the fresh oil, new wine, and grain,  which the Israelites give to the Lord as their firstfruits.

Romans 16:5

Greet also the church that meets in their home.  Greet my dear friend Epaenetus, who is the first convert  , to Christ from Asia.  ,

Zechariah 1:15

I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease,  for I was a little angry, but they made the destruction worse.

Joel 1:3

Tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children, and their children the next generation.

Jeremiah 30:16

Nevertheless, all who devoured you will be devoured, and all your adversaries #– #all of them – will go off into exile. Those who plunder you will be plundered, and all who raid you will be raided.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people; I profaned my possession, and I handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

Deuteronomy 26:19

that he will elevate you to praise, fame, and glory above all the nations he has made, and that you will be a holy people  to the Lord your God as he promised.’

Exodus 23:16

Also observe the Festival of Harvest  with the firstfruits of your produce from what you sow in the field, and observe the Festival of Ingathering  , at the end of the year, when you gather your produce  from the field.

Exodus 22:29

‘You must not hold back offerings  from your harvest or your vats. Give me the firstborn of your sons.

Amos 6:1

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria – the notable people in this first of the nations, those the house of Israel comes to.

Jeremiah 2:4

Hear the word of the  Lord, house of Jacob and all families of the house of Israel.

Habakkuk 1:11

Then they sweep  by like the wind and pass through. They are guilty;  their strength is their god.