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Jeremiah 2:14
Jeremiah 2:14 is verse 14 of Jeremiah chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
King James Version
Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
World English Bible
Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he become a captive?
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Jeremiah 2:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible
12 Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.
13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
14 Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
15 The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
16 The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 4:22Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
Isaiah 50:1This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
Genesis 15:3Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
Ecclesiastes 2:7I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,