Jeremiah 2:3 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Israel is holy to the Lord, the first-fruits of his increase: all they that devour him offend: evils shall come upon them, saith the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Israel was holiness [something set apart from ordinary purposes, dedicated] to the Lord, the firstfruits of His harvest [of which no stranger was allowed to partake]; all who ate of it [injuring Israel] offended and became guilty; evil came upon them, says the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Israel was holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall be held guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah.

Common English Bible

³ Israel was devoted to the LORD, the early produce of the harvest. Whoever ate from it became guilty; disaster overtook them, declares the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Israel is holy to the Lord, the first of his fruits. All those who devour him commit an offense. Evils will overwhelm them, says the Lord."

English Standard Version 2016

³ Israel was holy to the Lord, the firstfruits of his harvest. All who ate of it incurred guilt; disaster came upon them, declares the Lord.”

Jeremiah 2:3 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

Exodus 22:29

Thou shalt not delay to pay thy tithes and thy firstfruits. Thou shalt give the firstborn of thy sons to me.

Exodus 23:16

And the feast of the harvest of the first-fruits of thy work, whatsoever thou hast sown in the field. The feast also in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in all thy corn out of the field.

Isaiah 41:11

Behold, all that fight against thee shall be confounded and ashamed: they shall be as nothing; and the men shall perish that strive against thee.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people, I have polluted my inheritance and have given them into thy hand. Thou hast shewn no mercy to them: upon the ancient thou hast laid thy yoke exceeding heavy.

Jeremiah 12:14

Thus saith the Lord against all my wicked neighbours that touch the inheritance that I have shared out to my people Israel: Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and I will pluck the house of Juda out of the midst of them.

Jeremiah 2:4

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

Jeremiah 30:16

Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured: and all thy enemies shall be carried into captivity: and they that waste thee shall be wasted and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

Jeremiah 50:7

All that found them have devoured them: and their enemies said: We have not sinned in so doing: because they have sinned against the Lord, the beauty of justice, and against the Lord the hope of their fathers.

Joel 1:3

Tell ye of this to your children, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation.

Amos 6:1

Woe to you that are wealthy in Sion, and to you that have confidence in the mountain of Samaria: ye great men, heads of the people, that go in with state into the house of Israel.

Habakkuk 1:11

Then shall his spirit be changed, and he shall pass, and fall: this is his strength of his god.

Zechariah 1:15

And I am angry with a great anger with the wealthy nations: for I was angry a little, but they helped forward the evil.

Zechariah 2:8

For thus saith the Lord of hosts: After the glory he hath sent me to the nations that have robbed you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of my eye:

Numbers 18:12

All the best of the oil, and of the wine, and of the corn, whatsoever first-fruits they offer to the Lord, I have given them to thee.

Romans 11:16

For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

Romans 16:5

And the church which is in their house. Salute Epenetus, my beloved: who is the firstfruits of Asia in Christ.

Ephesians 1:4

As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity.

Deuteronomy 14:2

Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God: and he chose thee to be his peculiar people of all nations that are upon the earth.

Deuteronomy 26:19

And to make thee higher than all nations which he hath created, to his own praise, and name, and glory. That thou mayst be a holy people of the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.

Deuteronomy 7:6

Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God. The Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be his peculiar people of all peoples that are upon the earth.

James 1:18

For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creatures.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people: that you may declare his virtues, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Revelation 14:4

These are they who were not defiled with women: for they are virgins. These follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb: