Jeremiah 2:2

God's Word

“Go and announce to Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: I remember the unfailing loyalty of your youth, the love you had for me as a bride. I remember how you followed me into the desert, into a land that couldn’t be farmed.

Cross References

Psalm 129:1

“From the time I was young, people have attacked me …” (Israel should repeat this.)

Exodus 14:31

When the Israelites saw the great power the Lord had used against the Egyptians, they feared the Lord and believed in him and in his servant Moses.

Exodus 16:8

Moses also said, “The Lord will give you meat to eat in the evening and all the food you want in the morning. The Lord has heard you complaining about him. Who are we? You’re not complaining about us but about the Lord.”

Proverbs 1:20

Wisdom sings her song in the streets. In the public squares she raises her voice.

Song of Solomon 3:11

Young women of Zion, come out and look at King Solomon! Look at his crown, the crown his mother placed on him on his wedding day, his day of joyful delight.

Song of Solomon 3:6

Who is this young woman coming up from the wilderness like clouds of smoke? She is perfumed with myrrh and incense made from the merchants’ scented powders.

Isaiah 58:1

Cry aloud! Don’t hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Tell my people about their rebellion and the descendants of Jacob about their sins.

Jeremiah 11:6

The Lord said to me, “Announce all these things in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: Listen to the terms of this promise, and keep them.

Jeremiah 19:2

Go to the valley of Ben Hinnom at the entrance to Potsherd Gate. Announce there the things I plan to do.

Jeremiah 2:1

The Lord spoke his word to me,

Jeremiah 2:6

They didn’t ask, “Where is the Lord, who brought us from Egypt? He led us through the desert, through a wasteland and its pits, a land of drought and the shadow of death. No one lives there or travels there.”

Jeremiah 3:4

But now you are calling to me. You say, ‘Father! You have been my companion ever since I was young.

Jeremiah 7:2

“Stand at the gate of the Lord’s house, and announce from there this message: ‘Listen to the Lord’s word, all you people of Judah who go through these gates to worship the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:22

With all the disgusting things that you did and all your acts of prostitution, you didn’t remember the time when you were young. You didn’t remember when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your own blood.

Ezekiel 16:60

I will remember the promise that I made with you when you were young, and I will make it a promise that will last forever.

Ezekiel 16:8

“ ‘I went by you again and looked at you. You were old enough to make love to. So I spread my robe over you, and covered your naked body. I promised to love you, and I exchanged marriage vows with you. You became mine, declares the Almighty Lord.

Ezekiel 23:19

She remembered how she had been a prostitute in Egypt when she was young. So she took part in even more prostitution.

Ezekiel 23:3

They became prostitutes in Egypt when they were young. There men fondled and caressed their breasts.

Ezekiel 23:8

She continued the prostitution that she started in Egypt. When she was young, men went to bed with her, caressed her breasts, and treated her like a prostitute.

Hosea 11:1

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

Hosea 2:15

I will give her vineyards there. I will make the valley of Achor [Disaster] a door of hope. Then she will respond as she did when she was young, as she did when she came out of Egypt.

Hosea 2:17

I won’t allow her to say the names of other gods called Baal. She will never again call out their names.

Hosea 2:7

She will run after her lovers, but she won’t catch them. She will search for them, but she won’t find them. Then she will say, ‘I’ll go back to my first husband. Things were better for me than they are now.’

Hosea 8:1

“Sound the alarm on the ram’s horn. The enemy swoops down on the Lord’s temple like an eagle. The people of Israel have rejected my promise and rebelled against my teachings.

Hosea 9:10

⌞The Lord said,⌟ “When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert. When I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the first figs of the harvest. But they went to Baal Peor and worshiped shameful idols. They became as disgusting as the things they worshiped.

Jonah 1:2

“Leave at once for the important city, Nineveh. Announce to the people that I can no longer overlook the wicked things they have done.”

Matthew 11:15

Let the person who has ears listen!

Luke 12:13

Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to give me my share of the inheritance that our father left us.”

Deuteronomy 2:7

The Lord your God has blessed you in everything you have done. He has watched over you as you traveled through this vast desert. For 40 years now the Lord your God has been with you, and you haven’t needed a thing.

Deuteronomy 33:3

You certainly love your people. All your holy ones are in your hands. They bow at your feet to receive your instructions.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember that for 40 years the Lord your God led you on your journey in the desert. He did this in order to humble you and test you. He wanted to know whether or not you would wholeheartedly obey his commands.

James 4:4

You unfaithful people! Don’t you know that love for this ⌞evil⌟ world is hatred toward God? Whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God.

Revelation 2:4

However, I have this against you: The love you had at first is gone.