Jeremiah 2:4 - Easy To Read Version Family of Jacob, hear the Lord’s message.\par Family groups of Israel, hear the message.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel. American Standard Version (1901) Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: Common English Bible Listen to the LORD’s word, people of Judah, all you families of the Israelite household. Catholic Public Domain Version Listen to the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all you families of the house of Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all ye families of the house of Israel. |
Listen and pay attention.\par The Lord has spoken to you.\par Don’t be proud.\par
Say to those people with you, ‘King of Judah and people of Jerusalem, listen to this message from the Lord! This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of the people of Israel, says: I will soon make a terrible thing happen to this place! Every person that hears about it will be amazed and full of fear.
The people of Israel were a holy gift\par to the Lord.\par They were the first fruit to be gathered\par by the Lord.\par Any people that tried to hurt them\par were judged guilty.\par Bad things happened to those\par wicked people.’”\par This message was from the Lord.\par
This is what the Lord says:\par “Do you think that I was not fair\par to your ancestors {\cf2\super [4]} ?\par Is that why they turned away from me?\par Your ancestors worshiped worthless idols,\par and they became worthless themselves.\par
The Lord said these things, “At that time, I will be the God of all the family groups of Israel. And they will be my people.”
“Jeremiah, have you heard what the people are saying? Those people are saying, ‘The Lord turned away from the two families of Israel and Judah. The Lord chose those people, but now he does not even accept them as a nation.’”
But listen to the promise of the Lord, Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the Lord says about you: You will not be killed with a sword.
Hear this message.\par You foolish people have no sense:\par ‘You have eyes, but you don’t see!\par You have ears, but you don’t listen!’\par
Jeremiah, stand at the gate of the Lord’s house. Preach this message at the gate:
People of Israel, listen to the Lord’s message! The Lord will tell his argument against the people that live in this country. “People in this country don’t really know God. The people are not true and loyal to God.