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Jer. 2:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

Israel was holinessl unto the Lord, and the firstfruits of his increase: allm that devour him shall offend; eviln shall come upon them, saith the Lord.

Ex. 19:5‑6• ⁵Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine,
⁶{i}and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.{/i} (Ex. 19:5‑6)

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1 Peter 2:9• ⁹But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto his marvellous light; (1 Peter 2:9)

Psa. 105:14• ¹⁴He suffered no man to oppress them{HR}And reproved kings for their sakes, (Psa. 105:14)

Joel 1:3,7‑8• ³{i}Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation:{/i}
⁷{i}He hath made my vine a desolation, and barked my fig-tree; he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away: its branches are made white.{/i}
⁸Lament as a virgin girded with sackcloth on account of the husband of her youth. (Joel 1:3,7‑8)

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holiness.

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Deut. 7:6• ⁶{i}For a holy people art thou unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be unto him a people for a possession, above all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.{/i} (Deut. 7:6)

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Deut. 14:2• ²{i}For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and thee hath Jehovah chosen for a people of possession unto himself, out of all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.{/i} (Deut. 14:2)

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Deut. 26:19• ¹⁹and to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto Jehovah thy God, as he hath spoken. (Deut. 26:19)

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Zech. 14:20‑21• ²⁰{i}In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO JEHOVAH; and the pots in Jehovah's house{/i} shall be like the bowls before the altar.
²¹Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto Jehovah: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of Jehovah of hosts. (Zech. 14:20‑21)

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Eph. 1:4• ⁴even as he chose us in him before [the] world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love; (Eph. 1:4)

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the first-fruits.

Ex. 22:29• ²⁹{i}—Thou shalt not delay the fullness of thy threshing-floor and the outflow of thy winepress. The firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.{/i} (Ex. 22:29)

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Ex. 23:16• ¹⁶{i}and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours which thou hast sown in the field, and the feast of in-gathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field.{/i} (Ex. 23:16)

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Num. 18:12• ¹²{i}All the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they give to Jehovah, have I given thee.{/i} (Num. 18:12)

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Amos 6:1• ¹Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! (Amos 6:1)

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Amos 6• (Amos 6)

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Rom. 11:16• ¹⁶But if the firstfruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also; and if holy the root, the branches also. (Rom. 11:16)

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Rom. 16:5• ⁵and the assembly at their house. Salute Epaenetus my beloved, who is a firstfruit of Asia for Christ. (Rom. 16:5)

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James 1:18• ¹⁸Having purposed he begot us by [the] word of truth, that we should be a certain firstfruits of his creatures. (James 1:18)

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Rev. 14:4• ⁴These are they who were not defiled with women: for they are virgins. These [are] they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were bought from among men, firstfruits to God and to the Lamb: (Rev. 14:4)

all that.

Jer. 12:14• ¹⁴Thus saith Jehovah against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. (Jer. 12:14)

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Jer. 50:7• ⁷All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of justice, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers. (Jer. 50:7)

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Ex. 4:22‑23• ²²{i}And thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah: Israel is my son, my firstborn.{/i}
²³{i}And I say to thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me. And if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill thy son, thy firstborn.{/i} (Ex. 4:22‑23)

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Psa. 81:14‑15• ¹⁴I should soon have subdued their enemies{HR}And turned my hand against their adversaries.
¹⁵The haters of Jehovah should have submitted to him;{HR}But their time would have been forever. (Psa. 81:14‑15)

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Psa. 105:14‑15,25‑36• ¹⁴He suffered no man to oppress them{HR}And reproved kings for their sakes,
¹⁵[Saying] Touch not mine anointed,{HR}And do my prophets no harm.
²⁵He turned their heart, to hate his people,{HR}To deal craftily with his servants.
²⁶He sent Moses his servant,{HR}[And] Aaron whom he chose.
²⁷They set among them words of his signs{HR}And wonders in Ham's land.
²⁸He sent darkness and made it dark;{HR}And they rebelled not against his words.
²⁹He turned their waters to blood,{HR}And killed their fish.
³⁰Their land swarmed with frogs{HR}In their kings' chambers.
³¹He spoke, and dog-flies came,{HR}Lice in all their border.
³²He made them storms of hail,{HR}Flames of fire in their land.
³³And he smote their vines and fig trees,{HR}And broke the trees of their border.
³⁴He spoke, and locusts came and canker-worm,{HR}And there was no number;
³⁵And they devoured every herb in their land,{HR}And ate the fruit of their ground.
³⁶And he smote every firstborn in their land,{HR}Firstfruits of all their strength. (Psa. 105:14‑15,25‑36)

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Isa. 41:11• ¹¹Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish. (Isa. 41:11)

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Isa. 47:6• ⁶I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. (Isa. 47:6)

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Zech. 1:15• ¹⁵And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. (Zech. 1:15)

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Zech. 2:8• ⁸For thus saith Jehovah of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. (Zech. 2:8)

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Zech. 12:2‑4• ²Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and Jerusalem.
³And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all peoples: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
⁴In that day, saith Jehovah, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. (Zech. 12:2‑4)

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Acts 9:4‑5• ⁴and falling upon the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
⁵And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he [said], I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest; (Acts 9:4‑5)

J. N. Darby Translation

Israel was holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him are guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah.

W. Kelly Translation

Israel was holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him are guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah.

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)