Jeremiah 2:4
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New International Version (©2011)
Hear the word of the LORD, you descendants of Jacob, all you clans of Israel.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Listen to the word of the LORD, people of Jacob--all you families of Israel!

English Standard Version (©2001)
Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Hear the word of the LORD, house of Jacob and all families of the house of Israel.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Listen to this message from the LORD, you descendants of Jacob and all the families of the descendants of Israel.

NET Bible (©2006)
Now listen to what the Lord has to say, you descendants of Jacob, all you family groups from the nation of Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Listen to the word of the LORD, descendants of Jacob, all the families in the nation of Israel.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Hear you the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

American King James Version
Hear you the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

American Standard Version
Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all ye families of the house of Israel.

Darby Bible Translation
Hear the word of Jehovah, house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.

English Revised Version
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

Webster's Bible Translation
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

World English Bible
Hear the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!

Young's Literal Translation
Hear a word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, And all ye families of the house of Israel.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:1-8 Those who begin well, but do not persevere, will justly be upbraided with their hopeful and promising beginnings. Those who desert religion, commonly oppose it more than those who never knew it. For this they could have no excuse. God's spiritual Israel must own their obligations to him for safe conduct through the wilderness of this world, so dangerous to the soul. Alas, that many, who once appeared devoted to the Lord, so live that their professions aggravate their crimes! Let us be careful that we do not lose in zeal and fervency, as we gain knowledge.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel. The Lord, by the prophet, having observed his great kindness to this people, what they were unto him, and what a regard he had for them, proceeds to upbraid them with their ingratitude, and requires an attention to what he was about to say; all are called upon, because, all were guilty. This respects the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and the several families in them. The ten tribes had been long carried captive.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

4. Jacob … Israel—the whole nation.

families—(See on [892]Jer 1:15). Hear God's word not only collectively, but individually (Zec 12:12-14).

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Israel has Forsaken God
…3Israel was holiness to the LORD, and the first fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come on them, said the LORD. 4Hear you the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: 5Thus said the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? …

Jeremiah 2:3 Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of his harvest; all who devoured her were held guilty, and disaster overtook them,'" declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 2:5 This is what the LORD says: "What fault did your ancestors find in me, that they strayed so far from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves.