Jeremiah 2:14

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why else has he become a prey?

Cross References

Exodus 4:22

And you will say to Pharaoh: This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the Lord says: Where is your mother’s divorce certificate that I used to send her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was sent away because of your transgressions.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I acquired male and female servants and had slaves who were born in my house.  I also owned livestock #– #large herds and flocks #– #more than all who were before me in Jerusalem.

Genesis 15:3

Abram continued, ‘Look, you have given me no offspring, so a slave born in  my house will be my heir.’

Exodus 12:49

The same law will apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.’

Jeremiah 5:19

When people ask, “For what offence has the Lord our God done all these things to us? ”, you will respond to them, “Just as you abandoned me  and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.”

Jeremiah 17:4

You will, on your own, relinquish your inheritance that I gave you. I will make you serve your enemies in a land you do not know, for you have set my anger on fire; it will burn for ever.