Jeremiah 2
Treated in 18 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 2:5 Thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? 3
- 2:13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. 3
- 2:32 Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. 2
- 2:2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 1
- 2:6 Neither said they, Where is Jehovah 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 none passed through, and where no man dwelt? 1
- 2:18 And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River? 1
- 2:20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot. 1
- 2:21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me? 1
- 2:23 How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: [thou art] a swift dromedary traversing her ways; 1
- 2:24 a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. 1
- 2:25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. 1
- 2:27 who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. 1
- 2:34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things. 1
American Standard Version
Where it is preached
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with the Complaining cites Jer. ii. 5
…ian people have treated him to the way in which God has treated him. For this purpose use Jer. ii. 5; Is. liii. 5; Romans v. 6‒8. Then ask him if the fact that Christians have treated him ba…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Fourth Stage cites Jer. 2:6
…f Death, a land that no man” (but a Christian) “passeth through, and where no man dwelt.” Jer. 2:6. Now here Christian was worse put to it than in his fight with Apollyon, as by the sequel…
- Morning by Morning ·
December cites Jeremiah 2:2
…hout a rival, and consecrate me entirely to thy service.” December 17 “I remember thee.” (Jeremiah 2:2) Let us note that Christ delights to think upon his Church, and to look upon her beauty. …
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with Those Who Lack Assurance and with Backsliders cites Jer. ii. 5
…liders; those who have no great desire to come back to the Saviour. With such persons use Jer. ii. 5, drive the question right home, “What iniquity have you found in the Lord?” Show them the…
- The God of All Comfort ·
Things That Cannot Be Shaken cites Jeremiah 2:5
…went after worthlessness, and became worthless?" asks the Lord of the children of Israel (Jeremiah 2:5). "For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living …
- A Short and Easy Method of Prayer ·
All Are Commanded to Pray cites Jer. ii. 13
…ot amuse yourselves by hewing out to yourselves “broken cisterns that can hold no water” (Jer. ii. 13). Come, hungry souls, who find nothing that can satisfy you, and you shall be filled. Com…
- The God of All Comfort ·
Thanksgiving Versus Complaining cites Jeremiah 2:13
…rs" and then complain because the "broken cisterns" we hewed for ourselves hold no water (Jeremiah 2:13). The Israelites complained about their food, fearing starvation, and then complained whe…
- Our Daily Walk ·
March cites Jer 2:13
…f living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.”-- Jer 2:13. “If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink.”-- John 7:37. WHAT AN infinite mist…
- Evening by Evening ·
July cites Jeremiah 2:18
…uly 20 “And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor?” (Jeremiah 2:18) By sundry miracles, by divers mercies, by strange deliverances Jehovah had proved himsel…
- The Ten Commandments ·
4.2 Repentance cites Jer 2: 20
…is, she ran after her idols. ‘Under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.’ Jer 2: 20. [6] Leaving off some gross sin. (1) A man may leave off some sins, and keep others. Hero…
- Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards ·
A Strong Rod Broken and Withered cites Jer. ii. 21
…hurch and state is often elsewhere compared to a vine; as Psalm lxxx. 8, &c., Isai. v. 2, Jer. ii. 21, Ezek. xv., and chapter xvii. 6. 2. What is meant by her strong rods, viz., her wise, abl…
- All Things for Good ·
The worst things work for good to the godly cites Jer. ii. 23
… God. They will take heaven as it were by storm. The wicked are swift dromedaries in sin (Jer. ii. 23). And do we creep like snails in religion? Shall impure sinners do the devil more service…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Ninth Stage cites Jer. 2:24
…ll; for it is with such as it is with the ass, who in her occasion cannot be turned away, Jer. 2:24: when their minds are set upon their lusts, they will have them, whatever they cost. But …
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners ·
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; Or, a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to His Poor Servant John Bunyan cites Jer. 2.25
…here is no hopes for them; for they have loved sins, ‘therefore after them they will go’ (Jer. 2.25; 18.12). 26. Now therefore I went on in sin with great greediness of mind, still grudging…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.1 The First Commandment cites Jer 2: 27
…God. ‘Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth.’ Jer 2: 27. (2) Joining a false god with a true. ‘They feared the Lord, and served their own gods.’ …
- The Ten Commandments ·
1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Jer 2: 32
…God’s oracles are ornaments, and shall we forget them? ‘Can a maid forget her ornaments?’ Jer 2: 32. (4) If God spake all these words, then believe them. See the name of God written upon ev…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Jer 2: 32
…esteem are not easily forgotten. ‘Can a maid forget her ornaments or a bride her attire?’ Jer 2: 32. Did we prize the word more, we should not forget it so soon. If meat does not stay in th…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites Jer 2: 34
…more of killing men than sheep. ‘In thy skirts is found the blood of the poor innocents.’ Jer 2: 34. Junius reads it, in alis; and so in Hebrew, ‘in thy wings’ is found the blood of innocen…