Jeremiah 2:14

New Living Translation

“Why has Israel become a slave? Why has he been carried away as plunder?

Cross References

Genesis 15:3

You have given me no descendants of my own, so one of my servants will be my heir.”

Exodus 12:49

This instruction applies to everyone, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner living among you.”

Exodus 4:22

Then you will tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I bought slaves, both men and women, and others were born into my household. I also owned large herds and flocks, more than any of the kings who had lived in Jerusalem before me.

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the Lord says: “Was your mother sent away because I divorced her? Did I sell you as slaves to my creditors? No, you were sold because of your sins. And your mother, too, was taken because of your sins.

Jeremiah 17:4

The wonderful possession I have reserved for you will slip from your hands. I will tell your enemies to take you as captives to a foreign land. For my anger blazes like a fire that will burn forever.”

Jeremiah 5:19

“And when your people ask, ‘Why did the Lord our God do all this to us?’ you must reply, ‘You rejected him and gave yourselves to foreign gods in your own land. Now you will serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’