Jeremiah 2:14

New International Reader's Version

Are you people of Israel servants? You were not born as slaves, were you? Then why have you been carried off like stolen goods?

Cross References

Genesis 15:3

Abram continued, “You haven’t given me any children. So this servant of mine will get everything I own.”

Exodus 12:49

The same law applies to Israelites and to outsiders living among you.”

Exodus 4:22

Then say to Pharaoh, ‘The Lord says, “Israel is like an oldest son to me.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I bought male and female slaves. And I had other slaves who were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem ever had before.

Isaiah 50:1

The Lord says to the people in Jerusalem, “Do you think I divorced your people who lived before you? Is that why I sent them away? If it is, show me the letter of divorce. I did not sell you into slavery to pay someone I owe. You were sold because you sinned against me. Your people were sent away because of their lawless acts.

Jeremiah 17:4

You will lose the land I gave you. And it will be your own fault. I will make you slaves to your enemies. You will serve them in a land you didn’t know about before. You have set my anger on fire. It will burn forever.”

Jeremiah 5:19

“ ‘Jeremiah,’ the people will ask, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?’ Then you will tell them, ‘You have deserted the Lord. You have served other gods in your own land. So now you will serve another nation in a land that is not your own.’