word of the Lord
The general character of the first message from Jehovah to Judah by Jeremiah is threefold:
(1) He reminds Israel of the days of blessing and deliverance, e.g. Jeremiah 2:1-7 .
(2) He reproaches them with forsaking Him, e.g. Jeremiah 2:13 .
(3) He accuses them of choosing other, and impotent, gods, e.g. Jeremiah 2:10-12 ; Jeremiah 2:26-28 .
All these messages are to be thought of as inspired sermons, spoken to the people and subsequently written. Cf. Jeremiah 36:1-32 .
Context Summary
Jeremiah 2:1-8 - Ungrateful Forgetfulness
God regarded Israel as His bride, who had responded to His love, or as a vineyard and cornfield which were expected to yield their first fruits in response to the careful cultivation of the owner. Why had they failed to respond? For the answer let us question our own hearts. What marvels of perversity and disappointment we are! Who can understand or fathom the reason of our poor response to the yearning love of Christ! The heathen, in their punctilious devotion and lavish sacrifices at their idol-shrines, may well shame us. The root of the evil is disclosed in Jeremiah 2:31. We like to be lords, to assume and hold the mastery of our lives. But God has been anything but a wilderness to us. He has given us ornaments, and we owe to His grace the garments of righteousness which He has put on us. In return we have forgotten Him days without number, Jeremiah 2:32. Let us ask Him to call us back-nay more, to draw us by the chains of love. [source]
Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 2
1God having shown his former kindness, 5expostulates with the people on their causeless and unexampled revolt 14They are the causes of their own calamities 18The sins and idolatries of Judah 35Her confidence is rejected
What do the individual words in Jeremiah 2:1 mean?
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.