Jeremiah 2:2

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Go and announce to the people of Jerusalem that this is what the Lord says: I remember when you were young how devoted to me you were. I remember how you loved me when you were my bride. I remember how you followed me in the desert, in a land where nothing is grown.

Cross References

Psalm 129:1

Many enemies have attacked from the time I was young. Let everyone in Israel say:

Exodus 14:31

When the Israelites saw the great power that the Lord had used against the Egyptians, they were in awe of the Lord, and they trusted in him and in his servant Moses.

Exodus 16:8

Then Moses continued, “The Lord is going to give you meat to eat this evening and as much bread as you want in the morning, for he has heard your complaints against him. Why are you complaining to us nobodies? Your complaints aren't directed against us, but against the Lord.”

Proverbs 1:20

Wisdom calls out in the streets; she shouts aloud in the squares.

Song of Solomon 3:11

come out! Look, women of Zion! See King Solomon wearing the crown that his mother placed on his head on his wedding day, his happiest day.

Song of Solomon 3:6

Who is this coming in from the wilderness like a plume of smoke, like a burning sacrifice scented with myrrh and frankincense, with all kinds of imported perfumed powders?

Isaiah 58:1

Give a roar from the throat! Don't hold back! Shout out like a trumpet! Announce to my people how rebellious they are; denounce to the descendants of Jacob their sins.

Jeremiah 11:6

Then the Lord told me, Go and publicly announce this whole message in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Pay attention to the terms of this agreement and do what they say.

Jeremiah 19:2

and go through the Broken Pottery Gate to the valley of Ben-hinnom. Announce this message I'm giving you.

Jeremiah 2:1

The Lord's message came to me, saying,

Jeremiah 2:6

They didn't ask themselves, “Where is the Lord who led us from Egypt, who led us through the wasteland, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and darkness, a land that no one travels through and where no one lives?”

Jeremiah 3:4

Didn't you just tell me, “My father, you've been such a close friend to me since I was little.

Jeremiah 7:2

Go and stand in the entrance to the Lord's Temple, and deliver this message: Listen to what the Lord has to say, all of you from Judah who are coming in through these gates to worship the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:22

While you were busy with all your disgusting practices and your prostitution, you forgot about the time when you were young, completely naked and lying there kicking in your own blood.

Ezekiel 16:60

But I won't forget the agreement I made with you when you were young, and I will make an everlasting agreement with you.

Ezekiel 16:8

When I passed by again, I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for lovemaking. So I spread my robe over you and covered up your naked body. I committed myself to you and made a solemn agreement with you, and made you mine, declares the Lord God.

Ezekiel 23:19

But she practiced even more prostitution, remembering how she'd been a prostitute in Egypt when she was young.

Ezekiel 23:3

They became prostitutes in Egypt. In fact, they were prostitutes from the time they were young. They allowed their virgin breasts to be fondled and their nipples squeezed.

Ezekiel 23:8

She didn't stop her prostitution that she started in Egypt—men sleeping with her when she was young, squeezing her virgin breasts and using her to satisfy their sexual appetite.

Hosea 11:1

I loved Israel when he was a child. He's my son I called out of Egypt.

Hosea 2:15

There I will return her vineyards to her and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will respond to me as she did when she was young, as in the time when she left the land of Egypt.

Hosea 2:17

I will stop her appealing to the Baals—their names won't be mentioned ever again.

Hosea 2:7

When she runs after her lovers she won't catch up with them; she'll look for them but she won't find them. Then she'll say, ‘Let me go back to my former husband, because it was better for me then than now.’

Hosea 8:1

Put a trumpet to your lips! An eagle swoops over the house of the Lord because they have broken my agreement and rebelled against my law.

Hosea 9:10

When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert. When I saw your forefathers it was like seeing early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they gave themselves over to that shameful idol, becoming as filthy as the filthy thing they loved.

Jonah 1:2

“Go immediately to the great city of Nineveh and condemn it because I have seen the wickedness of its people.”

Matthew 11:15

Anybody with ears should be listening!

Luke 12:13

Someone in the crowd asked Jesus, “Teacher, please tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”

Deuteronomy 2:7

Remember that the Lord your God has blessed you in everything you've done. He has looked after you during your journey through this large desert. The Lord your God has been with you for these forty years, and you haven't lacked anything.

Deuteronomy 33:3

How much you love the people; you hold all the holy ones in your hand. They sit down at your feet to listen to your words:

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how for these forty years the Lord your God has led you all the way through the desert, humbling you and testing you in order to find out what you were really thinking, and whether or not you would keep his commandments.

James 4:4

You adulterous people! Don't you realize that friendship with the world is hatred towards God? Those who want to be friends of the world make themselves enemies of God.

Revelation 2:4

But I have something against you: you have neglected your first love.