Jeremiah 2:14 “Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become pr…”

Jeremiah 2:14

Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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?

American Standard Version

Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he become a prey?

Geneva Bible 1599

Is Israel a seruaunt, or is hee borne in the house? why then is he spoiled?

Darby Translation

Is Israel a bondman? Is he a home-born [slave]? Why is he become a spoil?

Young's Literal Translation

A servant [is] Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey?

Bible in Basic English

Is Israel a servant? has he been a house-servant from birth? why has he been made waste?

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Cross references

“Israel”

Exodus 4:22 Isaiah 50:1

Exodus 4:22 · BSB

Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,

Isaiah 50:1 · BSB

This 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…

“he a home-born”

Genesis 15:3 Ecclesiastes 2:7

Genesis 15:3 · BSB

Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

Ecclesiastes 2:7 · BSB

I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

15The young lions have roared at him; they have sounded their voices. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.

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