Jeremiah 2:14

English Standard Version 2016

“Is Israel a slave? Is he a homeborn servant? Why then has he become a prey?

Cross References

Exodus 4:22

Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son,

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says the Lord: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce, with which I sent her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house. I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.

Genesis 15:3

And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.”

Exodus 12:49

There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.”

Jeremiah 5:19

And when your people say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ you shall say to them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve foreigners in a land that is not yours.’”

Jeremiah 17:4

You shall loosen your hand from your heritage that I gave to you, and I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever.”