Jeremiah 2:2

New Century Version

“Go and speak to the people of Jerusalem, saying: This is what the Lord says: ‘I remember how faithful you were to me when you were a young nation. You loved me like a young bride. You followed me through the desert, a land that had never been planted.

Cross References

Psalm 129:1

They have treated me badly all my life. (Let Israel repeat this.)

Exodus 14:31

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

Exodus 16:8

And Moses said, “Each evening the Lord will give you meat to eat, and every morning he will give you all the bread you want, because he has heard you grumble against him. You are not grumbling against Aaron and me, because we are nothing; you are grumbling against the Lord.”

Proverbs 1:20

Wisdom is like a woman shouting in the street; she raises her voice in the city squares.

Song of Solomon 3:11

Women of Jerusalem, go out and see King Solomon. He is wearing the crown his mother put on his head on his wedding day, when his heart was happy!

Song of Solomon 3:6

Who is this coming out of the desert like a cloud of smoke? Who is this that smells like myrrh, incense, and other spices?

Isaiah 58:1

The Lord says, “Shout out loud. Don’t hold back. Shout out loud like a trumpet. Tell my people what they have done against their God; tell the family of Jacob about their sins.

Jeremiah 11:6

The Lord said to me, “Announce this message in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the words of this agreement and obey them.

Jeremiah 19:2

Take some of the elders of the people and the priests, and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the front of the Potsherd Gate. There speak the words I tell you.

Jeremiah 2:1

The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

Jeremiah 2:6

Your ancestors didn’t say, ‘Where is the Lord who brought us out of Egypt? He led us through the desert, through a dry and rocky land, through a dark and dangerous land. He led us where no one travels or lives.’

Jeremiah 3:4

Now you are calling to me, ‘My father, you have been my friend since I was young.

Jeremiah 7:2

“Stand at the gate of the Temple and preach this message there: “ ‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of the nation of Judah! All you who come through these gates to worship the Lord, listen to this message!

Ezekiel 16:22

While you did all your hateful acts and sexual sins, you did not remember when you were young, when you were naked and had no clothes and were left in your blood.

Ezekiel 16:60

But I will remember my agreement I made with you when you were young, and I will make an agreement that will continue forever with you.

Ezekiel 16:8

“ ‘Later when I passed by you and looked at you, I saw that you were old enough for love. So I spread my robe over you and covered your nakedness. I also made a promise to you and entered into an agreement with you so that you became mine, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 23:19

But she remembered how she was a young prostitute in Egypt, so she took part in even more prostitution.

Ezekiel 23:3

While they were young, they went to Egypt and became prostitutes. They let men touch and hold their breasts.

Ezekiel 23:8

She continued the prostitution she began in Egypt. When she was young, she had slept with men, and they touched her breasts and had sexual relations with her.

Hosea 11:1

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

Hosea 2:15

There I will give her back her vineyards, and I will make the Valley of Trouble a door of hope. There she will respond as when she was young, as when she came out of Egypt.”

Hosea 2:17

I will never let her say the names of Baal again; people won’t use their names anymore.

Hosea 2:7

She will run after her lovers, but she won’t catch them. She will look for them, but she won’t find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my first husband, because life was better then for me than it is now.’

Hosea 8:1

“Put the trumpet to your lips and give the warning! The enemy swoops down on the Lord’s people like an eagle. The Israelites have broken my agreement and have turned against my teachings.

Hosea 9:10

“When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were like finding the first figs on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they began worshiping an idol, and they became as hateful as the thing they worshiped.

Jonah 1:2

“Get up, go to the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it, because I see the evil things they do.”

Matthew 11:15

Let those with ears use them and listen!

Luke 12:13

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

Deuteronomy 2:7

The Lord your God has blessed everything you have done; he has protected you while you traveled through this great desert. The Lord your God has been with you for the past forty years, and you have had everything you needed.

Deuteronomy 33:3

The Lord surely loves his people and takes care of all those who belong to him. They bow down at his feet, and they are taught by him.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how the Lord your God has led you in the desert for these forty years, taking away your pride and testing you, because he wanted to know what was in your heart. He wanted to know if you would obey his commands.

James 4:4

So, you are not loyal to God! You should know that loving the world is the same as hating God. Anyone who wants to be a friend of the world becomes God’s enemy.

Revelation 2:4

“But I have this against you: You have left the love you had in the beginning.