Jeremiah 2:14

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“Israel is not a slave, is he? He was not born a slave, was he? Then why did the enemy carry him away as a captive?

Cross References

Exodus 4:22

Then you should say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the Lord says: “People of Israel, you say that I divorced your mother, Jerusalem. But where is the legal paper that proves I divorced her? My children, did I owe money to someone? Did I sell you to pay a debt? No, you were sold because of the bad things you did. Your mother was sent away because of the bad things you did.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I bought men and women slaves, and there were slaves born in my house. I owned many great things. I had herds of cattle and flocks of sheep. I owned more things than any other person in Jerusalem did.

Genesis 15:3

Abram said, “You have given me no son, so a slave born in my house will get everything I have.”

Exodus 12:49

The same rules are for everyone. It doesn’t matter if they are citizens or foreigners living among you.”

Jeremiah 5:19

The people of Judah will ask you, ‘Jeremiah, why has the Lord our God done this bad thing to us?’ Give them this answer: ‘You people of Judah have left me, and you have served foreign idols in your own land. You did these things, so now you will serve foreigners in a land that does not belong to you.’

Jeremiah 17:4

You will lose the land I gave you. I will let your enemies take you to be their slaves. That is because I am very angry. My anger is like a hot fire, and you will be burned forever.”