NET Bible
"The Lord Reminds Them of the Unfaithfulness of Their Ancestors Now listen to what the LORD’s message, you descendants of Jacob, all you family groups from the nation of Israel."
— Jeremiah 2:4, NET Bible
“Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:”
“Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: ”
“Hear the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!”
“Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all ye families of the house of Israel:”
“Give ear to the words of the Lord, O sons of Jacob and all the families of Israel:”
“Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:”
The Lord Recalls Israel’s Earlier Faithfulness The LORD’s message came to me,
“Go and declare in the hearing of the people of Jerusalem:‘This is what the LORD says:“I have fond memories of you, how devoted you were to me in your early years. I remember how you loved me like a new bride; you followed me through the wilderness, through a land that had never been planted.
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.
The Lord Reminds Them of the Unfaithfulness of Their Ancestors Now listen to what the LORD’s message, you descendants of Jacob, all you family groups from the nation of Israel.
This is what the Lord says:“What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.
They did not ask:‘Where is the LORD who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of valleys and gorges, through a land of desert and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?’
I brought you into a fertile land so you could enjoy its fruits and its rich bounty. But when you entered my land, you defiled it; you made the land I call my own loathsome to me.