Jeremiah 2:2

Good News Translation

to proclaim this message to everyone in Jerusalem. “I remember how faithful you were when you were young, how you loved me when we were first married; you followed me through the desert, through a land that had not been planted.

Cross References

Psalm 129:1

Israel, tell us how your enemies have persecuted you ever since you were young.

Exodus 14:31

When the Israelites saw the great power with which the Lord had defeated the Egyptians, they stood in awe of the Lord; and they had faith in the Lord and in his servant Moses.

Exodus 16:8

Then Moses said, “It is the Lord who will give you meat to eat in the evening and as much bread as you want in the morning, because he has heard how much you have complained against him. When you complain against us, you are really complaining against the Lord.”

Proverbs 1:20

Listen! Wisdom is calling out in the streets and marketplaces,

Song of Solomon 3:11

Women of Zion, come and see King Solomon. He is wearing the crown that his mother placed on his head on his wedding day, on the day of his gladness and joy.

Song of Solomon 3:6

What is this coming from the desert like a column of smoke, fragrant with incense and myrrh, the incense sold by the traders?

Isaiah 58:1

The Lord says, “Shout as loud as you can! Tell my people Israel about their sins!

Jeremiah 11:6

Then the Lord said to me, “Go to the cities of Judah and to the streets of Jerusalem. Proclaim my message there and tell the people to listen to the terms of the covenant and to obey them.

Jeremiah 19:2

and to go through Potsherd Gate out to Hinnom Valley. There I was to proclaim the message that he would give me.

Jeremiah 2:1

The Lord told me

Jeremiah 2:6

They did not care about me, even though I rescued them from Egypt and led them through the wilderness: a land of deserts and sand pits, a dry and dangerous land where no one lives and no one will even travel.

Jeremiah 3:4

“And now you say to me, ‘You are my father, and you have loved me ever since I was a child.

Ezekiel 16:22

During your disgusting life as a prostitute you never once remembered your childhood—when you were naked, squirming in your own blood.”

Ezekiel 16:60

But I will honor the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will make a covenant with you that will last forever.

Ezekiel 16:8

“As I passed by again, I saw that the time had come for you to fall in love. I covered your naked body with my coat and promised to love you. Yes, I made a marriage covenant with you, and you became mine.” This is what the Sovereign Lord says.

Ezekiel 23:19

She became more of a prostitute than ever, acting the way she did as a young woman, when she was a prostitute in Egypt.

Ezekiel 23:3

When they were young, living in Egypt, they lost their virginity and became prostitutes.

Ezekiel 23:8

She continued what she had begun as a prostitute in Egypt, where she lost her virginity. From the time she was a young woman, men slept with her and treated her like a prostitute.

Hosea 11:1

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

Hosea 2:15

I will give back to her the vineyards she had and make Trouble Valley a door of hope. She will respond to me there as she did when she was young, when she came from Egypt.

Hosea 2:17

I will never let her speak the name of Baal again.

Hosea 2:7

She will run after her lovers but will not catch them. She will look for them but will not find them. Then she will say, “I am going back to my first husband—I was better off then than I am now.”

Hosea 8:1

The Lord says, “Sound the alarm! Enemies are swooping down on my land like eagles! My people have broken the covenant I made with them and have rebelled against my teaching.

Hosea 9:10

The Lord says, “When I first found Israel, it was like finding grapes growing in the desert. When I first saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season. But when they came to Mount Peor, they began to worship Baal and soon became as disgusting as the gods they loved.

Jonah 1:2

He said, “Go to Nineveh, that great city, and speak out against it; I am aware of how wicked its people are.”

Matthew 11:15

Listen, then, if you have ears!

Luke 12:13

A man in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide with me the property our father left us.”

Deuteronomy 2:7

“Remember how the Lord your God has blessed you in everything that you have done. He has taken care of you as you wandered through this vast desert. He has been with you these forty years, and you have had everything you needed.

Deuteronomy 33:3

The Lord loves his people and protects those who belong to him. So we bow at his feet and obey his commands.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how the Lord your God led you on this long journey through the desert these past forty years, sending hardships to test you, so that he might know what you intended to do and whether you would obey his commands.

James 4:4

Unfaithful people! Don't you know that to be the world's friend means to be God's enemy? If you want to be the world's friend, you make yourself God's enemy.

Revelation 2:4

But this is what I have against you: you do not love me now as you did at first.