Jeremiah 2:1

New American Standard Bible (1995)

Now the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me:

Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

King James Version
Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

English Standard Version
The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

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

World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Moreouer, the woorde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now the word of Yahweh came to me saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

Contemporary English Version
The Lord told me

Complete Jewish Bible
The word of Adonai came to me:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord 's message came to me:

George Lamsa Translation
MOREOVER the word of the LORD came upon me, saying,

Good News Translation
The Lord told me

Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Literal Translation
And was the Word of Jehovah to me, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer, the worde of the LORDE comaunded me thus:

American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

King James Version (1611)
Moreouer, the word of the Lord came to me, saying;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Moreouer, the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said, Thus saith the Lord,

English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,

Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

New English Translation
The Lord spoke to me. He said:

New King James Version
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

New Living Translation
The Lord gave me another message. He said,

New Life Bible
The Word of the Lord came to me saying,

New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Revised Standard Version
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

THE MESSAGE
God 's Message came to me. It went like this: "Get out in the streets and call to Jerusalem, ‘ God 's Message! I remember your youthful loyalty, our love as newlyweds. You stayed with me through the wilderness years, stuck with me through all the hard places. Israel was God 's holy choice, the pick of the crop. Anyone who laid a hand on her would soon wish he hadn't!'" God 's Decree.

Contextual Overview

¹ Now the word of the LORD came to me saying,² "Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "I remember concerning you the devotion of your youth, The love of your betrothals, Your following after Me in the wilderness, Through a land not sown. ³ "Israel was holy to the LORD, The first of His harvest. All who ate of it became guilty; Evil came upon them," declares 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, "What injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me And walked after emptiness and became empty? ⁶ "They did not say, 'Where is the LORD Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and of pits, Through a land of drought and of deep darkness, Through a land that no one crossed And where no man dwelt?' ⁷ "I brought you into the fruitful land To eat its fruit and its good things. But you came and defiled My land, And My inheritance you made an abomination. ⁸ "The priests did not say, 'Where is the LORD?' And those who handle the law did not know Me; The rulers also transgressed against Me, And the prophets prophesied by Baal And walked after things that did not profit.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the word: Jeremiah 1:11, Jeremiah 7:1, Jeremiah 23:28, Ezekiel 7:1, Hebrews 1:1, 2 Peter 1:21

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 16:1 - The word Ezekiel 22:3 - and maketh Luke 3:2 - the word

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:10
God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 2:3
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

Genesis 2:4
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.

Genesis 2:5
Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

Genesis 2:8
The LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed.

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 2:13
The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush.

Exodus 20:11
"For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

Exodus 31:17
"It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying. Here begins the book, and Jeremiah's first sermon; and the following contains the message he was sent with, to which the preceding chapter is only a preface or introduction. The Targum calls it,

"the word of the prophecy from before the Lord.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Moreover - literally, And. Notice the connection between Jeremiah’s call and first prophecy.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER II

God expresses his continued regard for his people, long since

chosen, 1-3.

He then expostulates with them on their ungrateful and worse

than heathen return to his regard, 4-11;

at which even the inanimate creation must be astonished,

12, 13.

After this their guilt is declared to be the sole cause of the

calamities which their enemies had power to inflict on them,

14-17.

They are upbraided for their alliances with idolatrous

countries, 18, 19;

and for their strong propensity to idolatry, notwithstanding

all the care and tender mercy of God, 20-29.

Even the chastenings of the Almighty have produced in this

people no repentance, 30.

The chapter concludes with compassionately remonstrating

against their folly and ingratitude in revolting so deeply from

God, and with warning them of the fearful consequences, 31, 37.

NOTES ON CHAP. II