Holiness — A people dedicated to God. As — As the first fruits were holy to God, so was Israel. Devour — All that were injurious to him. Offend — Were liable to punishment. Evil — Evil was inflicted on them from the Lord, as upon the Egyptians, Amalekites, Midianites, Canaanites.
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Jeremiah 2:3
3 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.