Jeremiah
King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 2:4
“Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:”
King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 2:4 Context
1Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 3Israel 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. 4Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: 5Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? 6Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? 7And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
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Other Translations
Heare ye the word of the Lord, O house of Iacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
- American Standard Version (1901)
Give ear to the words of the Lord, O sons of Jacob and all the families of Israel:
- Basic English Bible
Hear the word of Jehovah, house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
- Darby Bible
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
- Webster's Bible
Hear the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!
- World English Bible
Hear a word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, And all ye families of the house of Israel.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
- American Standard Version (1901)
Give ear to the words of the Lord, O sons of Jacob and all the families of Israel:
- Basic English Bible
Hear the word of Jehovah, house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
- Darby Bible
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
- Webster's Bible
Hear the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!
- World English Bible
Hear a word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, And all ye families of the house of Israel.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 2:4
2:2 Go - From Anathoth to Jerusalem. Remember - I remind thee of the kindness that was between us. The love - When I entered into covenant with thee at the giving of the law. Wilderness - I took such care of thee, in the howling wilderness, a land that was not sown.
2:3 Holiness - A people dedicated to God. As - As the first fruits were holy to God, so was Israel. Devour - All that were injurious to him. Offend - Were liable to punishment. Evil - Evil was inflicted on them from the Lord, as upon the Egyptians, Amalekites, Midianites, Canaanites.
2:5 Vanity - Idols. Vain - Fools; senseless as the stocks and stones that they made their idols of.
2:6 Neither - They never concerned themselves about what God had done for them, which should have engaged them to cleave to him. Of drought - Where they had no water but by miracle. Death - Bringing forth nothing that might support life, therefore nothing but death could be expected; and besides, yielding so many venomous creatures, as many enemies that they went in continual danger of. No man dwelt - As having in it no accommodation for travellers, much less for habitation.