Jeremiah 2:1

1 The word of ADONAI came to me:

Jeremiah 2:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 2:1

Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying.
] Here begins the book, and Jeremiah's first sermon; and the following contains the message he was sent with, to which the preceding chapter is only a preface or introduction. The Targum calls it,

``the word of the prophecy from before the Lord.''

Jeremiah 2:1 In-Context

1 The word of ADONAI came to me:

2 "Go and shout in the ears of Yerushalayim that this is what ADONAI says: 'I remember your devotion when you were young; how, as a bride, you loved me; how you followed me through the desert, through a land not sown.

3 "'Isra'el is set aside for ADONAI, the firstfruits of his harvest; all who devour him will incur guilt; evil will befall them," says ADONAI.

4 Hear the word of ADONAI, house of Ya'akov and all families in the house of Isra'el;

5 here is what ADONAI says: "What did your ancestors find wrong with me to make them go so far away from me, to make them go after nothings and become themselves nothings?