Bible verse
Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
Jeremiah 2:14 · BSB
The verses around it, from Jeremiah 2.
10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
11 Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
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.
17 Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
18 Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
KJV
[Is] Israel a servant? [is] he a homeborn [slave]? why is he spoiled?
ASV
Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he become a prey?
ERV
Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he become a prey?
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