Jeremiah 2:14
Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 2 connects to 4 cross-references. God brings a legal case against Israel: they have exchanged his glory for worthless idols, a unique sin among nations. Israel is like a choice vine that has become a wild vine, a wayward camel or wild donkey in heat. …
Other Translations
Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he become a prey?
A servant <FI>is<Fi> Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey?
Is Israel a servant? has he been a house-servant from birth? why has he been made waste?
Cross References
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine …
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great …
Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of …