Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 2:1 (show verse)
The word of the Lord came to me:
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 2:2 (show verse)
“Go and announce directly to Jerusalem that this is what the Lord says:
I remember the loyalty of your youth,
your love as a bride—
how you followed Me in the wilderness,
in a land not sown.
your love as a bride—
how you followed Me in the wilderness,
in a land not sown.
Jeremiah 2:3 (show verse)
the firstfruits of His harvest.
All who ate of it found themselves guilty;
disaster came on them.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 2:4 (show verse)
and all families of the house of Israel.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 2:5 (show verse)
that they went so far from Me,
followed worthless idols,
and became worthless themselves?
Jeremiah 2:6 (show verse)
who brought us from the land of Egypt,
who led us through the wilderness,
through a land of deserts and ravines,
through a land of drought and darkness,
a land no one traveled through
and where no one lived?”
Jeremiah 2:7 (show verse)
to eat its fruit and bounty,
but after you entered, you defiled My land;
you made My inheritance
Jeremiah 2:8 (show verse)
The experts in the law no longer knew Me,
and the rulers
The prophets prophesied by
and followed useless idols.
Jeremiah 2:9 (show verse)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will bring a case against your children’s children.
Jeremiah 2:10 (show verse)
Send someone to Kedar
see if there has ever been anything like this:
Jeremiah 2:11 (show verse)
(But they were not gods!
Yet My people have exchanged their
for useless idols.
Gentiles » Characterized as » Constant to their false gods
Idolatry » A virtual forsaking of God
Images » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
Jews, the » National character of » Prone to backsliding
Profit » What is not profitable
false Worship » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
FALSE » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
FALSE » Economy » God's
Idolatry » A virtual forsaking of God
Images » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
Jews, the » National character of » Prone to backsliding
Profit » What is not profitable
false Worship » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
FALSE » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
FALSE » Economy » God's
Jeremiah 2:12 (show verse)
be shocked and utterly appalled.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 2:13 (show verse)
They have abandoned Me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
Cistern » Broken
Evil » What is evil
Forsaking » Forsaking the lord
Forsaking God » General references to
Forsaking God » Wickedness of
Forsaking God » Leads men to follow their own devices
Fountain » Figurative » Of divine grace
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of God
Idolatry » A virtual forsaking of God
Jews, the » National character of » Prone to backsliding
Living waters » The lord being the fountain of living waters
water of Life » Compared to » A fountain
Evil » What is evil
Forsaking » Forsaking the lord
Forsaking God » General references to
Forsaking God » Wickedness of
Forsaking God » Leads men to follow their own devices
Fountain » Figurative » Of divine grace
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of God
Idolatry » A virtual forsaking of God
Jews, the » National character of » Prone to backsliding
Living waters » The lord being the fountain of living waters
water of Life » Compared to » A fountain
Jeremiah 2:14 (show verse)
Was he born into slavery?
Why else has he become a prey?
Jeremiah 2:15 (show verse)
they have roared loudly.
They have laid waste his land.
His cities are in ruins, without inhabitants.
Jeremiah 2:16 (show verse)
have also broken your skull.
Jeremiah 2:17 (show verse)
by abandoning the Lord your God
while He was leading you along the way?
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 2:18 (show verse)
by traveling along the way to Egypt
to drink the waters of the Nile?
What will you gain
by traveling along the way to Assyria
to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
Assyria » Judah condemned for trusting to
Euphrates, the » Waters of, considered wholesome
Jews, the » Condemned for associating with other nations
Nile » Called sihor
River Nile » Called » Sihor
Rivers » Useful for » Supplying drink to the people
Sihor » A river of egypt, given by some authorities as the nile river
Water » Collected in » Rivers
Euphrates, the » Waters of, considered wholesome
Jews, the » Condemned for associating with other nations
Nile » Called sihor
River Nile » Called » Sihor
Rivers » Useful for » Supplying drink to the people
Sihor » A river of egypt, given by some authorities as the nile river
Water » Collected in » Rivers
Jeremiah 2:19 (show verse)
your own apostasies will reprimand you.
Think it over and see how evil and bitter
for you to abandon the Lord your God
and to have no fear of Me.
This is the declaration
of the Lord God of Hosts.
Jeremiah 2:20 (show verse)
I
You insisted, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
and under every green tree
you lie down like a prostitute.
Jeremiah 2:21 (show verse)
from the very best seed.
How then could you turn into
a degenerate, foreign vine?
Jeremiah 2:22 (show verse)
and use a great amount of soap,
the stain of your sin is still in front of Me.
This is the Lord God’s declaration.
Jeremiah 2:23 (show verse)
I have not followed the Baals”?
Look at your behavior in the valley;
acknowledge what you have done.
You are a swift young camel
twisting and turning on her way,
Animals » Names of » Dromedaries, used as beasts if burden
wild Donkey » Illustrative of » Israel in their love of idols
Baal » An idol of the phoenicians, God of the sun » Jeremiah expostulates against the worship of
Camel » Uses of » Posts
Camels » The dromedary a species of, remarkable for swiftness
Dromedaries » Dromedaries, used as beasts of burden
wild Donkey » Illustrative of » Israel in their love of idols
Baal » An idol of the phoenicians, God of the sun » Jeremiah expostulates against the worship of
Camel » Uses of » Posts
Camels » The dromedary a species of, remarkable for swiftness
Dromedaries » Dromedaries, used as beasts of burden
Jeremiah 2:24 (show verse)
She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire.
Who can control her passion?
All who look for her will not become tired;
they will find her in her mating season.
Jeremiah 2:25 (show verse)
and your throat from thirst.
But you say, “It’s hopeless;
I love strangers,
and I will continue to follow them.”
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » The wicked are prone to
Alliances » Evil » Examples of God's people seeking
Despair » Leads to » Continuing in sin
Evil » Alliances » Examples of God's people seeking
Shoes » Illustrative » (taken off,) of an ignominious and servile condition
Sin » The wicked » Led by despair to continue in
Alliances » Evil » Examples of God's people seeking
Despair » Leads to » Continuing in sin
Evil » Alliances » Examples of God's people seeking
Shoes » Illustrative » (taken off,) of an ignominious and servile condition
Sin » The wicked » Led by despair to continue in
Jeremiah 2:26 (show verse)
so the house of Israel has been put to shame.
They, their kings, their officials,
their priests, and their prophets
Jeremiah 2:27 (show verse)
and to a stone, “You gave birth to me.”
For they have turned their back to Me
and not their face,
yet in their time of disaster
“Rise up and save us!”
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 2:28 (show verse)
Let them rise up and save you
in your time of disaster if they can,
for your gods are as numerous as your cities, Judah.
Jeremiah 2:29 (show verse)
All of you have rebelled against Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 2:30 (show verse)
they would not accept discipline.
Your own sword has devoured your prophets
like a ravaging lion.
Jeremiah 2:31 (show verse)
pay attention to the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel
or a land of dense darkness?
Why do My people claim,
“We will go where we want;
we will no longer come to You”?
Jeremiah 2:32 (show verse)
or a bride her wedding sash?
Yet My people have forgotten Me
for countless days.
Jeremiah 2:33 (show verse)
you also teach evil women your ways.
Jeremiah 2:34 (show verse)
with the blood of the innocent poor.
You did not catch them breaking and entering.
But in spite of all these things
Jeremiah 2:35 (show verse)
His anger is sure to turn away from me.”
But I will certainly judge you
because you have said, “I have not sinned.”
Jeremiah 2:36 (show verse)
constantly changing your ways!
You will be put to shame by Egypt
just as you were put to shame by Assyria.
Jeremiah 2:37 (show verse)
with your hands on your head
since the Lord has rejected those you trust;
you will not succeed even with their help.