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Jer 2:3 Strong Concordance Israel [03478] was holiness [06944] unto the LORD [03068], and the firstfruits [07225] of his increase [08393]: all that devour [0398] him shall offend [0816]; evil [07451] shall come [0935] upon them, saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
  King James Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
holiness unto the Lord--that is, was consecrated to the service of Jehovah (Exo 19:5-6). They thus answered to the motto on their high priest's breastplate, "Holiness to the Lord" (Deu 7:6; Deu 14:2, Deu 14:21).

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 (Exo 23:19; Num 18:12-13), so Israel was devoted to Him as the first-fruit and representative nation among all nations. So the spiritual Israel (Jam 1:18; Rev 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."
 
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4 These [3778] are they [1526] which [3739] were [3435] not [3756] defiled [3435] with [3326] women [1135]; for [1063] they are [1526] virgins [3933]. These [3778] are they [1526] which [3588] follow [190] the Lamb [721] whithersoever [3699] [302] he goeth [5217]. These [3778] were redeemed [59] from [575] among men [444], being the firstfruits [536] unto God [2316] and [2532] to the Lamb [721].
18 Of his own will [1014] begat he [616] us [2248] with the word [3056] of truth [225], that [1519] we [2248] should be [1511] a kind [5100] of firstfruits [536] of his [846] creatures [2938].
12 All the best [02459] of the oil [03323], and all the best [02459] of the wine [08492], and of the wheat [01715], the firstfruits [07225] of them which they shall offer [05414] unto the LORD [03068], them have I given [05414] thee.
13 And whatsoever is first ripe [01061] in the land [0776], which they shall bring [0935] unto the LORD [03068], shall be thine; every one that is clean [02889] in thine house [01004] shall eat [0398] of it.
19 The first [07225] of the firstfruits [01061] of thy land [0127] thou shalt bring [0935] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]. Thou shalt not seethe [01310] a kid [01423] in his mother's [0517] milk [02461].
21 Ye shall not eat [0398] of any thing that dieth of itself [05038]: thou shalt give [05414] it unto the stranger [01616] that is in thy gates [08179], that he may eat [0398] it; or thou mayest sell [04376] it unto an alien [05237]: for thou art an holy [06918] people [05971] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]. Thou shalt not seethe [01310] a kid [01423] in his mother's [0517] milk [02461].
2 For thou art an holy [06918] people [05971] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], and the LORD [03068] hath chosen [0977] thee to be a peculiar [05459] people [05971] unto himself, above all the nations [05971] that are upon [06440] the earth [0127].
6 For thou art an holy [06918] people [05971] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]: the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath chosen [0977] thee to be a special [05459] people [05971] unto himself, above all people [05971] that are upon the face [06440] of the earth [0127].
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey [08085] my voice [06963] indeed [08085], and keep [08104] my covenant [01285], then ye shall be a peculiar treasure [05459] unto me above all people [05971]: for all the earth [0776] is mine:
6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom [04467] of priests [03548], and an holy [06918] nation [01471]. These are the words [01697] which thou shalt speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
16 Or suffer them to bear [05375] the iniquity [05771] of trespass [0819], when they eat [0398] their holy things [06944]: for I the LORD [03068] do sanctify [06942] them.
10 There shall no stranger [02114] eat [0398] of the holy thing [06944]: a sojourner [08453] of the priest [03548], or an hired servant [07916], shall not eat [0398] of the holy thing [06944].
13 And whatsoever is first ripe [01061] in the land [0776], which they shall bring [0935] unto the LORD [03068], shall be thine; every one that is clean [02889] in thine house [01004] shall eat [0398] of it.