Tree of Life Version
Jeremiah 2:4
4Hear the word of Adonai, O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel.
Jeremiah 2:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
- New International Version (NIV)Hear the word of the Lord, you descendants of Jacob, all you clans of Israel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel.
Context of Jeremiah 2:4
2“Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, thus says Adonai: I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, and the way you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown. 3Israel was kadosh to Adonai, the firstfruits of the harvest. All who devoured him were held guilty. Catastrophe overtook them.” It is a declaration of Adonai. Hear the word of Adonai, O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel. 5Thus says Adonai: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They walked after worthless things, becoming worthless themselves? 6They did not ask ‘Where is Adonai, who brought us up from the land of Egypt and led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and rifts, through a land of drought and distress, through a land where no one travels, where no one lives?’
Read all of Jeremiah 2Jeremiah 2:4 word by word
שִׁמְע֥וּ דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה בֵּ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְכָֽל־מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:4
- Jeremiah 5:21‘Hear this you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
- Jeremiah 7:2Stand in the gate of Adonai’s house and proclaim there this word and say: “Hear the word of Adonai, all you of Judah that come through these gates to worship Adonai.
- Jeremiah 13:15Hear and give ear! Do not be haughty! For Adonai has spoken.
- Jeremiah 19:3and say, “Hear the word of Adonai, kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: ‘I am about to bring such a catastrophe on this place that whoever hears about it, his ears will tingle.
- Jeremiah 34:4Yet hear the word of Adonai, O Zedekiah king of Judah, thus says Adonai concerning you: “You will not die by the sword;
- Jeremiah 44:24Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people and to all the women: “Hear the word of Adonai, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt.
- Isaiah 51:1“Listen to Me, you who pursue justice, you who seek Adonai. Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.
- Hosea 4:1Hear the word of Adonai, Bnei-Yisrael! For Adonai has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, no covenant loyalty, and no knowledge of God in the land.
- Micah 5:1But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah— least among the clans of Judah— from you will come out to Me One to be ruler in Israel, One whose goings forth are from of old, from days of eternity.
- Jeremiah 31:1Thus says Adonai: “The people surviving the sword found grace in the wilderness— where I gave Israel rest.”
- Jeremiah 33:24“Have you not noticed what this people have spoken, saying: ‘The two families which Adonai did choose, He has rejected them’? Thus they despise My people—no longer a nation before them.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 2:4
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-13Jeremiah used marriage, infidelity, and divorce as images to show Judah's spiritual betrayal.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Jacob ... Israel--the whole nation. families--(See on Jr 1:15). Hear God's word not only collectively, but individually (Zec 12:12-14).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Jeremiah 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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