Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 2:3
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3. holiness unto the Lord —that is, was consecrated to the service of Jehovah ( Exodus 19:5 ; Exodus 19:6 ). They thus answered to the motto on their high priest's breastplate, "Holiness to the Lord" ( Deuteronomy 7:6 ; Deuteronomy 14:2 ; Deuteronomy 14:21 ). first-fruits of his increase —that is, of Jehovah's produce. As the first-fruits of the whole produce of the land were devoted to God ( Exodus 23:19 ; Numbers 18:12 ; Numbers 18:13 ), so Israel was devoted to Him as the first-fruit and representative nation among all nations. So the spiritual Israel ( James 1:18 ; Revelation 14:4 ). devour —carrying on the image of first-fruits which were eaten before the Lord by the priests as the Lord's representatives; all who ate (injured) Jehovah's first-fruits (Israel), contracted guilt: for example, Amalek, the Amorites, &c., were extirpated for their guilt towards Israel. shall come —rather, "came." return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"
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