Jeremiah 2:3

New English Translation

Israel was set apart to the Lord; they were like the first fruits of a harvest to him. All who tried to devour them were punished; disaster came upon them,” says the Lord.’”

Cross References

Exodus 22:29

“Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.

Exodus 23:16

“You are also to observe the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors that you have sown in the field, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year when you have gathered in your harvest out of the field.

Isaiah 41:11

Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated; your adversaries will be reduced to nothing and perish.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.

Jeremiah 12:14

“I, the Lord, also have something to say concerning the wicked nations who surround my land and have attacked and plundered the land that I gave to my people as a permanent possession. I say: ‘I will uproot the people of those nations from their lands and I will free the people of Judah who have been taken there.

Jeremiah 2:4

Now listen to what the Lord has to say, you descendants of Jacob, all you family groups from the nation of Israel.

Jeremiah 30:16

But all who destroyed you will be destroyed. All your enemies will go into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered. I will cause those who pillaged you to be pillaged.

Jeremiah 50:7

All who encountered them devoured them. Their enemies who did this said, ‘We are not liable for punishment! For those people have sinned against the Lord, their true pasture. They have sinned against the Lord in whom their ancestors trusted.’

Joel 1:3

Tell your children about it, have your children tell their children, and their children the following generation.

Amos 6:1

Woe to those who live in ease in Zion, to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria. They think of themselves as the elite class of the best nation. The family of Israel looks to them for leadership.

Habakkuk 1:11

They sweep by like the wind and pass on. But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty.”

Zechariah 1:15

But I am greatly displeased with the nations that take my grace for granted. I was a little displeased with them, but they have only made things worse for themselves.

Zechariah 2:8

For the Lord who rules over all says to me that for his own glory he has sent me to the nations that plundered you – for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye.

Numbers 18:12

“All the best of the olive oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the first fruits of these things that they give to the Lord, I have given to you.

Romans 11:16

If the first portion of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.

Romans 16:5

Also greet the church in their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.

Ephesians 1:4

For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 26:19

Then he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. You will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he has said.

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

James 1:18

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who 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 virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,