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Jeremiah 2:3

Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her found themselves guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
קֹ֤דֶשׁKo.desh[was] a holy thingH6944 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לַיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →
רֵאשִׁ֖יתre.Shit[the] beginning ofH7225 →
תְּבוּאָת֑וֹte.vu.'a.Toproduce hisH8393 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
אֹכְלָ֣יו'o.khe.Lav[those who] devour itH398 →
יֶאְשָׁ֔מוּye'.Sha.muthey will be held guiltyH816 →
רָעָ֛הra.'AhcalamityH7451 →
תָּבֹ֥אta.Vo'it will comeH935 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.Hemto themH413 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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James 1:18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.Revelation 14:4These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.Isaiah 41:11Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.Exodus 4:22–23Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,Romans 11:16If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.Jeremiah 30:20Their children will be as in days of old, and their congregation will be established before Me; and I will punish all their oppressors.Deuteronomy 14:2for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.Zechariah 2:8For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—Ephesians 1:4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In loveJeremiah 50:7All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’Exodus 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.Deuteronomy 26:19that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.Numbers 18:12I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.Zechariah 14:20–21On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.Jeremiah 12:14This is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.Psalms 81:14–15how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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