Jeremiah 2:2
ContextNETBible | “Go and declare in the hearing of the people of Jerusalem: 1 ‘This is what the Lord says: “I have fond memories of you, 2 how devoted you were to me in your early years. 3 I remember how you loved me like a new bride; you followed me through the wilderness, through a land that had never been planted. |
XREF | Ex 14:31; Ex 15:1-20; Ex 16:8; Ex 24:3-8; De 2:7; De 8:2,15,16; Ne 9:12-21; Pr 1:20; Pr 8:1-4; So 3:11; Isa 58:1; Isa 63:7-14; Jer 2:6; Jer 7:2; Jer 11:6; Jer 19:2; Eze 16:8,22,60; Eze 23:3,8,19; Ho 2:15; Ho 8:1; Jon 1:2; Mt 11:15; Lu 12:13 |
NET © Notes |
1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4. 2 tn Heb “I remember to/for you.” 3 tn Heb “the loyal love of your youth.” sn The Hebrew word translated “how devoted you were” (חֶסֶד, khesed) refers metaphorically to the devotion of a new bride to her husband. In typical Hebraic fashion, contemporary Israel is identified with early Israel after she first entered into covenant with (= married) the |