Jeremiah 2:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Go, cry out this message for Jerusalem to hear!
I remember the devotion[a] of your youth,
how you loved me as a bride,
Following me in the wilderness,
in a land unsown.(A)
3 Israel was dedicated to the Lord,
the first fruits[b] of his harvest;
All who ate of it were held guilty,
evil befell them—oracle of the Lord.(B)
4 Listen to the word of the Lord, house of Jacob!
All you clans of the house of Israel,
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