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Jeremiah 2:2

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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem,.... Of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the metropolis of Judea. The prophet seems now to have been at Anathoth, and therefore is bid to go from thence to Jerusalem,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Up to this time Jeremiah had lived at Anathoth, he is now to make Jerusalem the scene of his ministrations. I remember ... - Or, I have remembered for thee the grace “of thy youth, the love of thine…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 2:1-8

Here is, I. A command given to Jeremiah to go and carry a message from God to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He was charged in general (Jer 1:17) to go and speak to them; here he is particularly…