Jeremiah 2:3

God’s Case Against Israel

1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 “Go and cry in the hearing of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord:
“I remember you,
The kindness of your ^ayouth,
The love of your betrothal,
^bWhen you¹ went after Me in the wilderness,
In a land not sown.

3 ^aIsrael was holiness to the Lord,
^bThe firstfruits of His increase.
^cAll that devour him will offend;
Disaster will ^dcome upon them,” says the Lord.’ ”

4 Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel.

5 Thus says the Lord:
^a“What injustice have your fathers found in Me,
That they have gone far from Me,
^bHave followed¹ idols,
And have become idolaters?

6 Neither did they say, ‘Where is the Lord,
Who ^abrought us up out of the land of Egypt,
Who led us through ^bthe wilderness,
Through a land of deserts and pits,
Through a land of drought and the shadow of death,
Through a land that no one crossed
And where no one dwelt?’

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What Does Jeremiah 2:3 Mean?

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Jeremiah speaks in detail about the relationship between God and Israel when Moses sprinkled the blood of animals to confirm the Old Covenant (see Exodus 24:8). In these verses, He speaks to a highly apostate, corrupt Judah some 850 years after the construction of the Tabernacle. The house of Israel was already in exile, and soon Nebuchadnezzar would carry the house of Judah captive into Babylon. Jeremiah quotes God as He fondly—almost wistfully—looks back in time, remembering Mount Sinai, remembering when the Old Covenant was confirmed.

God actually says that, "Israel was holiness" to Him! When they built the Tabernacle of meeting, physical Israel was probably closer to God than they ever were or would be in their history. In fact, they were in their first love! One of the fruits of their extremely close relationship with God was the properly finished Tabernacle. Israel submitted to its husband, Yahweh Jireh.

Charles Whitaker
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