Jeremiah 2:14

New Century Version

Have the people of Israel become slaves? Have they become like someone who was born a slave? Why were they taken captive?

Cross References

Exodus 4:22

Then say to the king, ‘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 I divorced your mother. Then where is the paper that proves it? Or do you think I sold you to pay a debt? Because of the evil things you did, I sold you. Because of the times she turned against me, your mother was sent away.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I bought male and female slaves, and slaves were also born in my house. I had large herds and flocks, more than anyone in Jerusalem had ever had before.

Genesis 15:3

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

Exodus 12:49

The same rules apply to an Israelite born in the country or to a foreigner living there.”

Jeremiah 5:19

When the people of Judah ask, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these terrible things to us?’ then give them this answer: ‘You have left the Lord and served foreign idols in your own land. 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, and it is your own fault. I will let your enemies take you as their slaves to a land you have never known. This is because you have made my anger burn like a hot fire, and it will burn forever.”