Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 2

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Jeremiah 2 . 1 , God having shewed his former kindness , expostulates with the Jews on their causeless and unexampled revolt; Jeremiah 2 . 14 , They are the causes of their own calamities; Jeremiah 2 . 18 , The sins and idolatries of Judah; Jeremiah 2 . 35 , Her confidence is rejected.

Jeremiah 2:1

Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Jeremiah 2:1 · BSB

the word6 parallels

Reciprocal3 parallels

Jeremiah 2:2

"Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: 'I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

Jeremiah 2:2 · BSB

cry10 parallels

the kindness9 parallels

thine espousals3 parallels

when7 parallels

Reciprocal29 parallels

thee or , for thy sake

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.

Jeremiah 2:3 · BSB

holiness9 parallels

the firstfruits8 parallels

all that19 parallels

Reciprocal12 parallels

Jeremiah 2:4

Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all you families of the house of Israel.

Jeremiah 2:4 · BSB

Hear ye9 parallels

all the families2 parallels

Reciprocal8 parallels

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the LORD says: "What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?

Jeremiah 2:5 · BSB

What7 parallels

are gone4 parallels

walked9 parallels

and are5 parallels

Reciprocal22 parallels

Jeremiah 2:6

They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

Jeremiah 2:6 · BSB

Where7 parallels

brought us up6 parallels

led us3 parallels

the shadow5 parallels

Reciprocal13 parallels

Jeremiah 2:7

I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable.

Jeremiah 2:7 · BSB

brought11 parallels

ye defiled13 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

a plentiful country or , the land of Carmel

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.

Jeremiah 2:8 · BSB

priests10 parallels

and they that9 parallels

the pastors4 parallels

prophets4 parallels

do not6 parallels

Reciprocal14 parallels

Jeremiah 2:9

Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.

Jeremiah 2:9 · BSB

I will8 parallels

with your2 parallels

Reciprocal3 parallels

Jeremiah 2:10

Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:

Jeremiah 2:10 · BSB

the isles9 parallels

Kedar1 parallel

and see4 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

over or , over to

Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

Jeremiah 2:11 · BSB

a nation3 parallels

no gods4 parallels

changed their glory5 parallels

Reciprocal23 parallels

Jeremiah 2:12

Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 2:12 · BSB

the whole verse7 parallels

Reciprocal8 parallels

Jeremiah 2:13

“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 2:13 · BSB

For my11 parallels

forsaken5 parallels

the fountain8 parallels

broken cisterns17 parallels

Reciprocal36 parallels

Jeremiah 2:14

Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?

Jeremiah 2:14 · BSB

Israel2 parallels

he a homeborn2 parallels

Reciprocal2 parallels

spoiled Heb. become a spoil

Jeremiah 2:15

The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 2:15 · BSB

young lions15 parallels

they made3 parallels

his cities11 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

yelled Heb. gave out their voice

Jeremiah 2:16

The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.

Jeremiah 2:16 · BSB

Also the4 parallels

Noph5 parallels

Tahapanes3 parallels

have broken the crown4 parallels

or , feed on thy crown

Reciprocal1 parallel

Jeremiah 2:17

Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?

Jeremiah 2:17 · BSB

Hast thou8 parallels

in that4 parallels

when he7 parallels

Reciprocal25 parallels

Jeremiah 2:18

Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

Jeremiah 2:18 · BSB

what hast7 parallels

Sihor1 parallel

or what hast4 parallels

Reciprocal14 parallels

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Jeremiah 2:19 · BSB

Thine7 parallels

and thy8 parallels

bitter3 parallels

and that my5 parallels

Reciprocal35 parallels

Jeremiah 2:20

“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

Jeremiah 2:20 · BSB

For of10 parallels

and thou saidst7 parallels

when upon9 parallels

playing12 parallels

Reciprocal18 parallels

transgress or , serve

Jeremiah 2:21

I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?

Jeremiah 2:21 · BSB

Yet I11 parallels

wholly7 parallels

into the degenerate4 parallels

Reciprocal18 parallels

Jeremiah 2:22

Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.

Jeremiah 2:22 · BSB

For though2 parallels

yet thine iniquity8 parallels

Reciprocal13 parallels

Jeremiah 2:23

"How can you say, 'I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals'? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,

Jeremiah 2:23 · BSB

How canst15 parallels

see4 parallels

valley3 parallels

thou art a swift1 parallel

or , O swift

Reciprocal19 parallels

Jeremiah 2:24

a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.

Jeremiah 2:24 · BSB

A wild ass3 parallels

or , O wild ass , etc

in her month2 parallels

Reciprocal6 parallels

used Heb. taught

her pleasure Heb. the desire of her heart

turn her away or , re#### Verse it

Jeremiah 2:25

You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’

Jeremiah 2:25 · BSB

Withhold7 parallels

There is no hope2 parallels

or , Is the case desperate

for I have2 parallels

after8 parallels

Reciprocal12 parallels

Jeremiah 2:26

As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets

Jeremiah 2:26 · BSB

the thief7 parallels

their kings4 parallels

Reciprocal27 parallels

Jeremiah 2:27

say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’

Jeremiah 2:27 · BSB

to a stock6 parallels

for they2 parallels

but in the time7 parallels

Reciprocal35 parallels

brought me forth or , begotten me

their back Heb. the hinder part of the neck

Jeremiah 2:28

But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.

Jeremiah 2:28 · BSB

But where6 parallels

to the number4 parallels

Reciprocal28 parallels

trouble Heb. evil

Jeremiah 2:29

Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 2:29 · BSB

will ye plead3 parallels

ye all have5 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

Jeremiah 2:30

“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”

Jeremiah 2:30 · BSB

In vain13 parallels

your own sword16 parallels

Reciprocal36 parallels

Jeremiah 2:31

You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

Jeremiah 2:31 · BSB

see ye2 parallels

Have I been8 parallels

We are lords9 parallels

Heb. We have dominion

Reciprocal27 parallels

Jeremiah 2:32

Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.

Jeremiah 2:32 · BSB

a maid11 parallels

yet my people9 parallels

Reciprocal21 parallels

Jeremiah 2:33

How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.

Jeremiah 2:33 · BSB

Why7 parallels

hast5 parallels

Reciprocal6 parallels

Jeremiah 2:34

Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things

Jeremiah 2:34 · BSB

Also11 parallels

I3 parallels

Reciprocal25 parallels

secret search Heb. digging

Jeremiah 2:35

you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

Jeremiah 2:35 · BSB

Because6 parallels

I will2 parallels

Reciprocal15 parallels

Jeremiah 2:36

How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

Jeremiah 2:36 · BSB

gaddest7 parallels

thou also shalt7 parallels

as thou wast6 parallels

Reciprocal19 parallels

Jeremiah 2:37

Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”

Jeremiah 2:37 · BSB

thine hands1 parallel

for the Lord5 parallels

and thou3 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web14 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Jeremiah 2:11 → Deuteronomy 32:17, Jeremiah 2:23 → Numbers 5:11, Jeremiah 2:23 → Numbers 5:11-31, Jeremiah 2:5 → Deuteronomy 32:4, Hosea 2:14 → Jeremiah 2:2, Hosea 2:14-15 → Jeremiah 2:2, Hosea 4:7 → Jeremiah 2:11
Trajectories
Living Water (Spirit and Life), Marriage (Christ and His Bride), Spiritual Adultery (Covenant Faithfulness and Idolatry), Vine and Vineyard (True Israel)
Longitudinal Themes
Marriage and Bride
Chiasms
Shaped Jeremiah 2:1–13, Jeremiah 2:1–3:5
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