Jeremiah 2:14

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

Literal

Is Israel a slave? Or is he born of the house? Why has he become as plunder?

Latin

Numquid servus est Israël, aut vernaculus? quare ergo factus est in prædam?

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Jeremiah 2:14

The Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. However, in Jeremiah's time, they became slaves again due to their agreements with Egypt and Assyria (Jeremiah 2:18).

Jeremiah 2:14–22

This review of Israel's history highlights the foolishness, violence, arrogance, and hopelessness of abandoning the true God to worship false pagan gods.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s New Covenant The Broken Covenant

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Exodus 4:22
Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
Isaiah 50:1
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 mother was sent away.
Genesis 15:3
Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
Ecclesiastes 2:7
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,

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Courts and Trials Jeremiah (Person) Priests and Levites Sexual Immorality

Topics

Church: Backslidden Servant: Bond: Rights of Those Born to a Master Servants: Slaves or Bond by Birth

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