Jeremiah 2:14

Bible in Basic English 1965

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

Cross References

Genesis 15:3

And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.

Exodus 12:49

The law is the same for him who is an Israelite by birth and for the man from a strange country who is living with you.

Exodus 4:22

And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I got men-servants and women-servants, and they gave birth to sons and daughters in my house. I had great wealth of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.

Isaiah 50:1

This is the word of the Lord: Where is the statement which I gave your mother when I put her away? or to which of my creditors have I given you for money? It was for your sins that you were given into the hands of others, and for your evil-doing was your mother put away.

Jeremiah 17:4

And your hand will have to let go your heritage which I gave you; and I will make you a servant to your haters in a land which is strange to you: for you have put my wrath on fire with a flame which will go on burning for ever.

Jeremiah 5:19

And it will come about, when you say, Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us? that you will say to them, As you gave me up, making yourselves servants to strange gods in your land, so will you be servants to strange men in a land which is not yours.