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Israel Has Forsaken God

Jeremiah 2:1

In 10 translations

BSB
Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
KJV
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
WEB
Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
ASV
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
LSV
And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
YLT
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
DBY
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
DRC
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
GNV
Moreover, the woorde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
JPS
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

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וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 23:28Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
  • Jeremiah 7:1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
  • Hebrews 1:1On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
  • Jeremiah 1:11And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
  • Ezekiel 7:1And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  • 2 Peter 1:21For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

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