Jeremiah 2:3

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Summary

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.

Holiness

1 Peter 2:9

The first-fruits

All that

Bible References

Holiness

Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, for praise, fame, and honor; and that you shall be a consecrated people to the Lord your God, as He has spoken.”

In that day there will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “HOLY TO THE LORD.” And the cooking pots in the Lord’s house will be like the bowls before the altar.

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a

holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

The first-fruits

“You shall not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me.

Also you shall observe the Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field.

All the best of the fresh oil and all the best of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first fruits of those which they give to the Lord, I give them to you.

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion

And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The distinguished men of the foremost of nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.

In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they have kept themselves chaste. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

All that

Thus says the Lord concerning all My wicked neighbors who strike at the inheritance with which I have endowed My people Israel, “Behold I am about to uproot them from their land and will uproot the house of Judah from among them.

“All who came upon them have devoured them;
And their adversaries have said, ‘We are not guilty,
Inasmuch as they have sinned against the Lord who is the habitation of righteousness,
Even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.’

Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is My son, My firstborn.

“I would quickly subdue their enemies
And turn My hand against their adversaries.

He permitted no man to oppress them,
And He reproved kings for their sakes:

“Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored;

Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.

“I was angry with My people,
I profaned My heritage
And gave them into your hand.
You did not show mercy to them,
On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.

Tell your sons about it,

And let your sons tell their sons,
And their sons the next generation.

But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they

furthered the disaster.”

For thus says the Lord of hosts, “After

glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the

apple of His eye.

“Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah.

and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”