Jeremiáš 2:3

Český ekumenický překlad

Svatý byl Izrael Hospodinu, prvotina jeho úrody; všichni, kdo jej sžírají, se proviňují, dolehne na ně zlo, je výrok Hospodinův."

Parallel Translations

Bible kralická (1613)
Tehdáž svatost Hospodinova byl Izrael, prvotiny úrod jeho. Všickni, kteříž jej zžírali, obviněni byli; zlé věci na ně přišly, praví Hospodin.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

holiness: Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Deuteronomy 7:6, Deuteronomy 14:2, Deuteronomy 26:19, Zechariah 14:20, Zechariah 14:21, Ephesians 1:4, 1 Peter 2:9

the firstfruits: Exodus 22:29, Exodus 23:16, Numbers 18:12, Amos 6:1, *marg. Romans 11:16, Romans 16:5, James 1:18, Revelation 14:4

all that: Jeremiah 12:14, Jeremiah 50:7, Exodus 4:22, Exodus 4:23, Psalms 81:14, Psalms 81:15, Psalms 105:14, Psalms 105:15, Psalms 105:25-36, Isaiah 41:11, Isaiah 47:6, Joel 1:3, Joel 1:7, Joel 1:8, Zechariah 1:15, Zechariah 2:8, Zechariah 12:2-4, Acts 9:4, Acts 9:5

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 26:2 - That thou shalt Psalms 68:14 - General Isaiah 17:14 - the portion Jeremiah 30:20 - and I Ezekiel 16:8 - thy time Ezekiel 23:4 - they were Hosea 9:10 - found Zechariah 11:5 - hold Malachi 2:11 - profaned Malachi 3:4 - as Hebrews 6:10 - to forget Revelation 2:5 - and do

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Israel was holiness unto the Lord,.... When first brought out of Egypt into the wilderness, by the Lord's choice and separation of them to be a holy people to him above all others; by covenant with him, and profession of him; and by his giving them holy laws, and placing a sanctuary among them; and by their high priest, who represented them in the most holy place; and had on the front of his mitre written,

holiness unto the Lord; so the spiritual Israel are chosen in Christ to be holy, and he is made sanctification to them; they are sanctified in him, and by his Spirit; they are called with a holy calling, and unto holiness; and, under the influence of grace, live holy lives and conversations, which the grace of God teaches, and young converts are remarkable for; their consciences being just awakened, and their hearts tender:

and the firstfruits of his increase; Israel was the first nation that God separated for himself; and this being the firstfruits, shows that he would separate others also, and take out of the Gentiles a people for his name, which he has since done; and the elect of God among the Israelites were the firstfruits of his chosen ones elsewhere; it were some of them that first believed in Christ, and received the firstfruits of the Spirit; and all converted ones are a kind of firstfruits of his creatures; the grace they receive at conversion is the firstfruits of a later increase of it, and even of eternal glory:

all that devour him shall offend; or, "all that eat him shall be guilty" x; and be condemned and punished, who eat up the Lord's people, as they eat bread; see Psalms 53:4, these shall not go unpunished; for his people are as the apple of his eye, and whoever touches and hurts them fall under the divine displeasure, and will be looked upon as criminals and offenders, and will be judged and condemned as such. The allusion is to the eating of the firstfruits, which only belonged to the priests; nor might any of the increase be eaten until the firstfruits were brought to them, Leviticus 23:10. This is expressed in the Chaldee paraphrase of the text,

"whosoever eats of them (the firstfruits) is guilty of death; for as the beginning of the harvest, the sheaf of oblation, whoever eats of it before the priests, the sons of Aaron, have offered of it upon the altar, shall be guilty or condemned; so all that spoil the house of Israel shall be guilty or condemned;''

so Jarchi and Kimchi:

evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord; that is, the evil of punishment, either in this world, or in that which is to come, or in both.

x יאשמו "rcos fuisse", Junius Tremellius "rei peragebantur", Piscator; "rei fiunt", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Render: “Israel” is an offering consecrated to Yahweh, His firstfruits of increase. The firstfruits were God’s consecrated property, His portion of the whole harvest. Pagan, i. e., unconsecrated, nations must not meddle with Israel, because it is the nation consecrated to God. If they do, they will bring such guilt upon themselves as those incur who eat the first-fruits Leviticus 22:10, Leviticus 22:16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 2:3. Israel was holiness unto the Lord — Fully consecrated to his service.

The first fruits of his increase — They were as wholly the Lord's, as the first fruits were the property of the priests according to the law, Numbers 18:13. These the priests alone had a right to devote to their own use.

All that devour him shall offend — As they were betrothed to the Lord, they were considered his especial property; they therefore who injured them were considered as laying violent hands on the property of God. They who persecute God's children have a grievous burden to bear, an awful account to give.