Jeremiah 2:14

Contemporary English Version 1995

People of Israel, you weren't born slaves; you were captured in war.

Cross References

Exodus 4:22

Then tell him that I have said, “Israel is my first-born son,

Isaiah 50:1

The Lord says, “Children, I didn't divorce your mother or sell you to pay debts; I divorced her and sold you because of your sins.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I owned slaves, and their sons and daughters became my slaves. I had more sheep and goats than anyone who had ever lived in Jerusalem.

Genesis 15:3

You have not given me any children, and this servant of mine will inherit everything.”

Exodus 12:49

This law applies both to native Israelites and to those foreigners who live among you.

Jeremiah 5:19

And the people who survive will ask, “Why did the Lord our God do such terrible things to us?” Then tell them: I am the Lord, but you abandoned me and worshiped other gods in your own land. Now you will be slaves in a foreign country.

Jeremiah 17:4

You will lose the land that I gave you, and I will make you slaves in a foreign country, because you have made my anger blaze up like a fire that won't stop burning.