Jeremiah

Jeremiah 2:2

²“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says:

‘I remember the devotion of your youth,

your love as a bride,

how you followed Me in the wilderness,

in a land not sown.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Go	הָלֹ֡ךְ	hā·lōḵ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H1980 go, come, walk
and proclaim	וְקָֽרָאתָ֩	wə·qā·rā·ṯā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
in the hearing	בְאָזְנֵ֨י	ḇə·’ā·zə·nê	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine dual construct	H241 ear
of Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
that this is what	כֹּ֚ה	kōh	Adverb	H3541 thus, here
the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
says	לֵאמֹ֗ר	lê·mōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H559 utter, say
I remember	זָכַ֤רְתִּי	zā·ḵar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H2142 remember
the devotion	חֶ֣סֶד	ḥe·seḏ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2617 goodness, kindness
of your youth	נְעוּרַ֔יִךְ	nə·‘ū·ra·yiḵ	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H5271 youth, juvenility, young
your love	אַהֲבַ֖ת	’a·hă·ḇaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H160 love
as a bride	כְּלוּלֹתָ֑יִךְ	kə·lū·lō·ṯā·yiḵ	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H3623 betrothal
how you followed Me	לֶכְתֵּ֤ךְ	leḵ·têḵ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
in the wilderness	בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר	bam·miḏ·bār	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4057 mouth
in a land	בְּאֶ֖רֶץ	bə·’e·reṣ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
sown	זְרוּעָֽה׃	zə·rū·‘āh	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular	H2232 sow, scatter seed

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Ezekiel 16:60 · Ezekiel 16:8 · Jeremiah 11:6 · Hosea 2:15 · Jeremiah 7:2 · Isaiah 63:7–14 · Deuteronomy 2:7 · Deuteronomy 8:2 · Nehemiah 9:12–21 · Jeremiah 2:6 · Exodus 14:31–15:20 · Exodus 24:3–8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.