Jeremiah 2:14
King James Version (KJV)
Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
In context
12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
Jeremiah 2:14 in every translation
- 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?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
- 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?