Israel was holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come on them,”’ says Yahweh.”
⛓ Read Jeremiah 2 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion2
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'Israel was holiness to the LORD, the firstfruits of his increase' — the firstfruits-as-consecrated-people typology underlying the 144,000 as firstfruits; those who 'devour' them incur guilt, matching the protected/blameless status. LXX aparche.
High confidence'Israel was holy to the Lord, the firstfruits of his harvest.' James's 'firstfruits of his creatures' transfers to the reborn community Jeremiah's designation of Israel as God's firstfruits, holy and set apart.
Medium confidenceEcho1
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
Israel as 'the firstfruits of his harvest, holy to the Lord' parallels the firstfruits-for-salvation reading of v.13. Supports the variant in which believers are God's elect firstfruits.
Medium confidence