Jeremiah 2:1

1 God's Message came to me. It went like this:

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 God's Message came to me. It went like this:

2 "Get out in the streets and call to Jerusalem, 'God's Message! I remember your youthful loyalty, our love as newlyweds. You stayed with me through the wilderness years, stuck with me through all the hard places.

3 Israel was God's holy choice, the pick of the crop. Anyone who laid a hand on her would soon wish he hadn't!'" God's Decree.

4 Hear God's Message, House of Jacob! Yes, you - House of Israel!

5 God's Message: "What did your ancestors find fault with in me that they drifted so far from me, Took up with Sir Windbag and turned into windbags themselves?