Jeremiah 2:3

New American Standard Bible 2020

“Israel was holy to the Lord, The first of His harvest. All who ate of it became guilty; Evil came upon them,” declares the Lord.’ ”

Cross References

Exodus 22:29

“You shall not hold back the offering from your entire harvest and your wine. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me.

Exodus 23:16

Also you shall keep the Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field.

Isaiah 41:11

“Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored; Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.

Isaiah 47:6

“I was angry with My people, I profaned My heritage And handed them over to you. You did not show mercy to them, On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.

Jeremiah 12:14

This is what the Lord says concerning all My wicked neighbors who do harm to the inheritance with which I have endowed My people Israel: “Behold, I am going to drive them out of their land, and I will drive the house of Judah out from among them.

Jeremiah 2:4

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

Jeremiah 30:16

‘Therefore all who devour you will be devoured; And all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity; And those who plunder you will become plunder, And all who plunder you I will turn into plunder.

Jeremiah 50:7

“All who found them have devoured them; And their adversaries have said, ‘We are not guilty, Since they have sinned against the Lord who is the habitation of righteousness, The Lord, the hope of their fathers.’

Joel 1:3

Tell your sons about it, And have your sons tell their sons, And their sons the next generation.

Amos 6:1

Woe to those who are carefree in Zion, And to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, The dignitaries of the foremost of nations, To whom the house of Israel comes.

Habakkuk 1:11

“Then they fly along like the wind and pass on. But they will be held guilty, They whose strength is their god.”

Zechariah 1:15

But I am very angry with the nations who are carefree; for while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster.”

Zechariah 2:8

For the Lord of armies says this: “After glory He has sent me against the nations that plunder you, for the one who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.

Numbers 18:12

All the best of the fresh oil and all the best of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first fruits of what they give to the Lord, I have given them to you.

Romans 11:16

If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are as well.

Romans 16:5

also greet the church that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first convert to Christ from Asia.

Ephesians 1:4

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for His personal possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 26:19

and that He will put you high above all the nations which He has made, for glory, fame, and honor; and that you shall be a consecrated people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.”

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His personal possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

James 1:18

In the exercise of His will He gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

Revelation 14:4

These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are celibate. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased from mankind as first fruits to God and to the Lamb.