unfoldingWord_en_tn/jer/02/02.md

# The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, "Go

This idiom is used to introduce a special message from God. See how you translated similar words in [Jeremiah 1:4](../01/04.md). Alternate translation: "Yahweh gave me a message. He said, 'Go" or "Yahweh spoke this message to me: 'Go" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem

"Go and speak where the people in Jerusalem can hear you"

# I have called to mind on your behalf

"I remember about you"

# the covenant faithfulness in your youthfulness, your love

The abstract nouns "faithfulness," "youthfulness" and "love" can be expressed with the adjectives "faithful" and "young," and the verb "love." Alternate translation: "how, when you were young, you were faithful to our covenant, and how you loved me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# when we were engaged

God speaks of his relationship with the people of Israel as though they had been engaged to be married. Alternate translation: "when we first agreed that we would marry each other" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# the land that was not sown

This can be expressed in active form. Alternate translation: "the land where no one had sown seed" or "the land where no food was growing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])