# General Information

The prophecy revealed to Jeremiah is recorded in 2:1-3:5. Despite covering more than one chapter, this should be seen as one unit. The people worshiped other gods, particularly the fertility gods of Baal and Ashtoreth. Even when the nation was punished, the people did not learn. The ULB sets poetry (2:1-31) farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry. 

# The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

"Yahweh gave me a message. He said," or "Yahweh spoke this message to me:"