Jeremiah 2:31 — Meaning and Application

Jeremiah 2:1

"Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,"

Jeremiah 2:2

"Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land {that was} not sown. {thee: or, for thy sake}"

Jeremiah 2:3

"Israel {was} holiness unto the LORD, {and} the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD."

Jeremiah 2:4

"Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:"

Jeremiah 2:5

"Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?"

Jeremiah 2:6

"Neither said they, Where {is} the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?"