Jeremiah 2:14
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
In context
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.
Jeremiah 2:14 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
- KJV King James Version
- Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
- WEB World English Bible
- Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he become a captive?
- ASV American Standard Version
- Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he become a prey?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A servant [is] Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey?
- DBY Darby Translation
- Is Israel a bondman? Is he a home-born [slave]? Why is he become a spoil?
- WBS Webster Bible
- Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave ? why is he laid waste?