Jeremiah 2:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The people of Israel were a holy gift to the Lord. They were the first fruit he gathered. Any people who tried to hurt them were judged guilty. Bad things happened to those wicked people.’” This message is from the Lord.

Cross References

Revelation 14:4

These are the ones who did not do sinful things with women. They kept themselves pure. Now they follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were bought from among the people of the earth as the first to be offered to God and the Lamb.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the true message he sent to us. He wanted us to be the most important of all that he created.

Isaiah 41:11

Look, some people are angry with you, but they will be ashamed and disgraced. Your enemies will be lost and disappear.

Romans 11:16

If the first piece of bread is offered to God, then the whole loaf is made holy. If the roots of a tree are holy, the tree’s branches are holy too.

Zechariah 2:8

The Lord sent me to the nations that took away your wealth. He sent me to bring you honor. And this is what the Lord All-Powerful said: “If anyone even touches you, it is as if they did it to the pupil of my eye.

Jeremiah 50:7

They were attacked by all who saw them. And their attackers said, ‘We were not wrong to attack them because they sinned against the Lord. They should have stayed close to him, their true resting place. The Lord is the one their fathers trusted in.’

1 Peter 2:9

But you are his chosen people, the King’s priests. You are a holy nation, people who belong to God. He chose you to tell about the wonderful things he has done. He brought you out of the darkness of sin into his wonderful light.

Ephesians 1:4

In Christ, he chose us before the world was made. He chose us in love to be his holy people—people who could stand before him without any fault.

Jeremiah 12:14

This is what the Lord says: “I will tell you what I will do for all those who live around the land of Israel. They are very wicked. They have destroyed the land I gave to the people of Israel. I will pull the evil people up and throw them out of their land, and I will pull the people of Judah up with them.

Deuteronomy 14:2

This is because you are different from other people. You belong to the Lord your God. From all the people in the world, the Lord chose you to be his own special people.

Deuteronomy 7:6

Do this because you are the Lord’s own people. From all the people on earth, the Lord your God chose you to be his special people—people who belong only to him.

Numbers 18:12

“And I give you all the best olive oil and all the best new wine and grain. These are the things that the Israelites give to me, the Lord. These are the first things that they gather in their harvest.

Romans 16:5

Also, give greetings to the church that meets in their house. Give greetings to my dear friend Epaenetus. He was the first person to follow Christ in Asia.

Zechariah 1:15

And I am very angry at the nations that feel so safe. I was only a little angry, and I used them to punish my people. But they caused too much damage.”

Joel 1:3

You will tell these things to your children, and your children will tell their children, and your grandchildren will tell the people of the next generation.

Jeremiah 30:16

Those nations destroyed you, but now they have been destroyed. Israel and Judah, your enemies will become captives. They stole things from you, but others will steal from them. They took things from you in war, but others will take things from them in war.

Isaiah 47:6

“I was angry with my people. They were mine, but I turned against them. I let you punish them, but you showed them no mercy. Even for those who were old you made the work hard.

Deuteronomy 26:19

The Lord will make you greater than all the nations he made. He will give you praise, fame, and honor. And you will be his own special people, as he promised.”

Exodus 23:16

“The second festival will be the Festival of Harvest. This festival will be during the early summer when you begin harvesting the first crops that you planted in your fields. “The third festival will be the Festival of Shelters. This will be in the fall, when you finish gathering the rest of the crops from your fields.

Exodus 22:29

“At harvest time you should give me the first grain and the first juice from your fruit. Don’t wait until late in the year. “Give me your firstborn sons.

Amos 6:1

Oh, look at the people enjoying life in Zion, and those on Mount Samaria who feel so safe. They are such important leaders of a most important nation. The “House of Israel” comes to you for advice.

Jeremiah 2:4

Family of Jacob, hear the Lord’s message. Tribes of Israel, listen.

Habakkuk 1:11

Then they will leave like the wind and go on to fight against other places. The only thing the Babylonians worship is their own strength.”