Jeremiah 2:4

4 Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.

Jeremiah 2:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 2:4

Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the
families of the house of Israel.
] The Lord, by the prophet, having observed his great kindness to this people, what they were unto him, and what a regard he had for them, proceeds to upbraid them with their ingratitude, and requires an attention to what he was about to say; all are called upon, because, all were guilty. This respects the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and the several families in them. The ten tribes had been long carried captive.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Jeremiah 2:4 In-Context

2 "Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, 'Thus says the LORD , "I remember concerning you the devotion of your youth, The love of your betrothals, Your following after Me in the wilderness, Through a land not sown.

3 "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 .' "

4 Hear the word of the LORD , O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.

5 Thus says the LORD , "What injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me And walked after emptiness and became empty?

6 "They did not say, 'Where is the LORD Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and of pits, Through a land of drought and of deep darkness, Through a land that no one crossed And where no man dwelt?'

Jeremiah 2:4

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Jeremiah 2:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 2:4 In-Context