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Jeremiah 2 — Sermon Preparation
The Lord brings a lawsuit against Israel, recalling her early devotion and exposing how she has exchanged her glory for useless idols. Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Jeremiah 2 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דֶּרֶךְ | derek | H1870 | 8 | road, trodden |
| רַע | raʻ | H7451 | 7 | bad, evil |
| נְאֻם | nᵉʼum | H5002 | 6 | oracle |
| מָצָא | mâtsâʼ | H4672 | 5 | come, appear |
| יָלַךְ | yâlak | H3212 | 5 | walk, carry |
| מִדְבָּר | midbâr | H4057 | 4 | pasture, desert |
| רָאָה | râʼâh | H7200 | 5 | see |
How preachers through history handled this text
38 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? 14. An servus Israel? An (vel, si) genitus domi? (hoc est, an verna? accipiunt enim puerum, domi natum pro verna:) quare factus est in praedam? 15. The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. 15. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 1, on Jeremiah 2:14–17 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Cyprus— Jer 2:10
- Kedar— Jer 2:10
- Memphis— Jer 2:16
- Tahpanhes— Jer 2:16
- Assyria— Jer 2:18
- Egypt— Jer 2:18
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