Jer 2:3 | JFB | STEP | 3. holiness unto the Lord —that is, was consecrated to the service of Jehovah ( ). They thus answered to the motto on their high priest's breastplate, "Holiness to the Lord" ( ). 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 ( ), so Israel was devoted to Him as the first-fruit and representative nation among all nations. So the spiritual Israel ( ). 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

Jeremiah 2:3

3. holiness unto the Lord—that is, was consecrated to the service of Jehovah (Ex 19:5, 6). They thus answered to the motto on their high priest's breastplate, "Holiness to the Lord" (De 7:6; 14:2, 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 (Ex 23:19; Nu 18:12, 13), so Israel was devoted to Him as the first-fruit and representative nation among all nations. So the spiritual Israel (Jas 1:18; Re 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."