Jeremiah 2:14

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Is Israel a bondman, or a home-born slave? Why then is he become a prey?

Cross References

Exodus 4:22

And thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Israel is my son, my firstborn.

Isaiah 50:1

THUS saith the Lord: What is this bill of the divorce of your mother, with which I have put her away? Or who is my creditor, to whom I sold you? Behold, you are sold for your iniquities: and for your wicked deeds have I put your mother away.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I got me menservants, and maidservants, and had a great family: and herds of oxen, and great flocks of sheep, above all that were before me in Jerusalem:

Genesis 15:3

And Abram added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo, my servant, born in my house, shall be my heir.

Exodus 12:49

The same law shall be to him that is born in the land, and to the proselyte that sojourneth with you.

Jeremiah 5:19

And if you shall say: Why hath the Lord our God done all these things to us? Thou shalt say to them: As you have forsaken me and served a strange god in your own land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not your own.

Jeremiah 17:4

And thou shalt be left stripped of thy inheritance which I gave thee: and I will make thee serve thy enemies in a land which thou knowest not. Because thou hast kindled a fire in my wrath, it shall burn for ever.