Jeremiah 2:2
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.”
חֵסֵד
Love, loving kindness, covenant love. Hesed. The most beautiful word in the Hebrew Bible. Loyal steadfast unfailing love that goes far beyond what is required. God's hesed endures forever.
כֹּה
thus
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כֹּה
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
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זָכַר
I remember
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זָכַר
To remember, to be mindful. Zakar. What is man that You are mindful of him? God thinks about you. That is the miracle.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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נָעוּר
youths/ your
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נָעוּר
(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
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הָלַךְ
walking/ you
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerusalem
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
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זָרַע
sown
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זָרַע
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
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כְּלוּלָה
betrothals/ your
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כְּלוּלָה
bridehood (only in the plural)
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