Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Israel [was] holy to Yahweh, the first fruit of his produce. All [those who] ate it were held guilty; disaster came to them," {declares} Yahweh.'"
New American Standard Bible
The
Evil came upon them,” declares the Lord.’”
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
the firstfruits of His harvest.
All who ate of it found themselves guilty;
disaster came on them.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
International Standard Version
Israel was consecrated to the LORD, she was the first fruits of his produce. All who devoured her became guilty and disaster came on them," declares the LORD.'"
A Conservative Version
Israel [was] holiness to LORD, the first-fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come upon them, says LORD.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
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The first fruits of His harvest [in which no outsider was allowed to share].
All who ate of it [injuring Israel] became guilty;
Evil came on them,” says the Lord.’”
Bible in Basic English
Israel was holy to the Lord, the first-fruits of his increase: all who made attacks on him were judged as wrongdoers, evil came on them, says the Lord.
Darby Translation
Israel was holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him are guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
Israel is holy to Jehovah, the beginning of the produce: all consuming him shall transgress; evil shall come upon them, says Jehovah.
King James 2000
Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, says the LORD.
Modern King James verseion
Israel was holiness to Jehovah, and the firstfruits of His increase. All that devour him shall offend; evil shall come on them, says Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou Israel wast hallowed unto the LORD, and so was his firstfruits. All they that devoured Israel, offended: misfortune fell upon them, sayeth the LORD."
NET Bible
Israel was set apart to the Lord; they were like the first fruits of a harvest to him. All who tried to devour them were punished; disaster came upon them," says the Lord.'"
New Heart English Bible
Israel was holiness to the LORD, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come on them,"' says the LORD."
The Emphasized Bible
Holiness, was Israel unto Yahweh, The first-fruit of his increase, - All that devoured it, were held guilty, Calamity used to come upon them, - Declareth Yahweh.
Webster
Israel was holiness to the LORD, and the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
World English Bible
Israel [was] holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come on them,"' says Yahweh."
Youngs Literal Translation
Holy is Israel to Jehovah, The first-fruit of His increase, All consuming him are guilty, Evil cometh in unto them, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Themes
First fruits » First ripe of fruits, grain, oil, wine, and first of fleece, required as an offering
First fruits » Illustrative of » Early jewish church
Interlinear
Qodesh
'asham
References
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 2:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Remembers Israel's Faithfulness
2 "Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, {saying}, 'Thus says Yahweh, "I remember [concerning] you the loyal love of your childhood, the love of your betrothal-time, your going after me in the desert, in [the] land not sown. 3 Israel [was] holy to Yahweh, the first fruit of his produce. All [those who] ate it were held guilty; disaster came to them," {declares} Yahweh.'" 4 Hear the word of Yahweh, house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.
Phrases
Cross References
James 1:18
[By his] will he gave birth to us through the message of truth, so that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
Exodus 19:5-6
And now if you will carefully listen to my voice and keep my covenant, you will be a treasured possession for me out of all the peoples, {for all the earth is mine},
Deuteronomy 7:6
For you [are] a holy people for Yahweh your God; Yahweh your God has chosen you to be for him a people, a treasured possession from [among] all the peoples that [are] on the face of the earth.
Isaiah 41:11
Look! All those who are angry with you shall be ashamed and humiliated; {your opponents} shall be like nothing and shall become lost.
Jeremiah 50:7
All [those who] found them have devoured them. And their foes have said, 'We are not guilty, {because} they have sinned against Yahweh, the {true pasture}, even Yahweh, the hope of their ancestors.'
Revelation 14:4
These are those who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. These [are] the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were bought from humanity [as] first fruits to God and to the Lamb,
Deuteronomy 14:2
For you [are] a people holy to Yahweh your God, and you Yahweh has chosen to be a treasured possession from [among] all [of] the peoples that are on the surface of the earth.
Jeremiah 12:14
Thus says Yahweh concerning all of the evil neighbors who touch the inheritance that I gave as an inheritance [to] my people Israel: "Look, I [am] about to drive them out from their land, and the house of Judah I will drive out from among them.
Exodus 4:22-23
And you must say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Israel [is] my son, my firstborn."
Exodus 22:29
" 'You will not delay the fullness of your harvest and the juice from your press; you will give me the firstborn of your sons.
Exodus 23:16
And [you will keep] the Feast of Harvest, [with] the firstfruits of your work, what you sow in the field. And [you will keep] the Feast of Harvest Gathering when the year goes out, when you gather your work from the field.
Numbers 18:12
All [the] finest olive oil and all the finest new wine and their best grain that they have given to Yahweh, I have given them to you.
Deuteronomy 26:19
{and that he then will set you} high above all the nations that he has made for his praise and {for fame} and for honor and {for you to be a holy people} to Yahweh your God, as he {promised}."
Psalm 81:14-15
I would subdue their enemies quickly, and turn my hand against their adversaries.
Psalm 105:14-15
he allowed no one to oppress them, and he rebuked kings on account of them,
Psalm 105:25-36
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal deceitfully against his servants.
Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with my people; I profaned my inheritance, and I gave them into your hand. You did not {give} them mercy; on [the] aged you made your yoke very heavy.
Jeremiah 30:16
{Therefore} all [those who] devour you will be devoured, and all your foes, all of them will go into captivity, and [those who] plunder you will be as plunder, and all [those who] plunder you I will make as plunder.
Joel 1:3
Tell it to your children, and your children to their children, and their children to the following generation.
Joel 1:7-8
It has made my vine a desolation, and my fig tree a completely splintered stump. It has stripped them bare and thrown [them] down; their branches have turned white.
Amos 6:1
Alas [for] those being at ease in Zion, and those who feel secure on Mount Samaria, the notables of the best of the nations! The house of Israel resorts to them.
Zechariah 1:15
And {I am extremely angry} with the nations that are at ease, for [while] I was a little angry, they {furthered disaster}."
Zechariah 2:8
For thus said Yahweh of hosts, after glory he sent me against the nations plundering you: Truly, the one touching you [is] touching the apple of his eye.
Zechariah 12:2-4
'Look, I [am] going to make Jerusalem a cup of reeling for all the surrounding nations; it will also be against Judah in the siege against Jerusalem.
Zechariah 14:20-21
On that day there will be [inscribed] on the bells of the horses, "Holy to Yahweh." And the cooking pots in the house of Yahweh will be [holy] like the sacrificial basins before the altar.
Acts 9:4-5
And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
Romans 11:16
Now if the first fruits [are] holy, [so] also [is] the [whole] batch of dough, and if the root [is] holy, [so] also [are] the branches.
Romans 16:5
also [greet] the church in their house. Greet Epenetus my dear [friend], who is {the first convert} of Asia for Christ.
Ephesians 1:4
just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, [that] we should be holy and blameless before him in love,
1 Peter 2:9
But you [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,