Jeremiah 2:1

New Century Version

The Lord spoke his word 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,

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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord spoke his word to me, saying: ² "Go and speak to the people of Jerusalem, saying: This is what the Lord says: ‘I remember how faithful you were to me when you were a young nation. You loved me like a young bride. You followed me through the desert, a land that had never been planted. ³ The people of Israel were holy to the Lord , like the firstfruits from his harvest. Those who tried to hurt Israel were judged guilty. Disasters struck them,'" says the Lord . ⁴ Hear the word of the Lord , family of Jacob, all you family groups of Israel. ⁵ This is what the Lord says: "I was fair to your ancestors, so why did they turn away from me? Your ancestors worshiped useless idols and became useless themselves. ⁶ Your ancestors didn't say, ‘Where is the Lord who brought us out of Egypt? He led us through the desert, through a dry and rocky land, through a dark and dangerous land. He led us where no one travels or lives.' ⁷ I brought you into a fertile land so you could eat its fruit and produce. But you came and made my land unclean; you made it a hateful place. ⁸ The priests didn't ask, ‘Where is the Lord ?' The people who know the teachings didn't know me. The leaders turned against me. The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal and worshiped useless idols.

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 sky and the earth.

Genesis 1:10
God named the dry land "earth" and the water that was gathered together "seas." God saw that this was good.

Genesis 2:3
God blessed the seventh day and made it a holy day, because on that day he rested from all the work he had done in creating the world.

Genesis 2:4
This is the story of the creation of the sky and the earth. When the Lord God first made the earth and the sky,

Genesis 2:5
there were still no plants on the earth. Nothing was growing in the fields because the Lord God had not yet made it rain on the land. And there was no person to care for the ground,

Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden, and put the man he had formed into it.

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

Genesis 2:13
The second river, named Gihon, flows around the whole land of Cush.

Exodus 20:11
The reason is that in six days the Lord made everything—the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything in them. On the seventh day he rested. So the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Exodus 31:17
The Sabbath day will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, because in six days I, the Lord , made the sky and the earth. On the seventh day I did not work; I rested.'"

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