Abram said, “You have given me no son. So a slave born in my house will get everything I have.”
Jeremiah 2:14 - Easy To Read Version “Have the people of Israel become slaves?\par Have they become like a person\par that was born a slave?\par Why did people take the wealth\par from the people of Israel?\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Is Israel a servant? Is he a homeborn slave? Why has he become a captive and a prey? American Standard Version (1901) Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he become a prey? Common English Bible Is Israel a slave, a servant by birth? If not, why then has he become prey? Catholic Public Domain Version Is Israel a servant, or one born into slavery? Then why has he become a prey? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Is Israel a bondman, or a home-born slave? Why then is he become a prey? |
Abram said, “You have given me no son. So a slave born in my house will get everything I have.”
The same rules are for everyone. It does not matter if a person is a citizen or a non-Israelite living in your country—the same rules are for everyone.”
I bought men slaves 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.
The Lord says,\par “\{People of Israel, you say that I divorced\par your mother, Jerusalem.\}\par But where is the legal paper\par that proves I divorced her?\par My children, did I owe money to someone?\par Did I sell you to pay a debt?\par No! You were sold\par because of the bad things you did.\par Your mother (Jerusalem) was sent away\par because of the bad things you did.\par
You will lose the land I gave you.\par I will let your enemies take you\par to be their slaves.\par Why? Because I am very angry.\par My anger is like a hot fire,\par and you will be burned forever.”\par
The people of Judah will ask you,\par ‘Jeremiah, why has the Lord our God\par done this bad thing to us?’\par Give them this answer:\par ‘You people of Judah have left the Lord,\par and you have served foreign idols\par in your own land.\par You did those things, so now\par you will serve foreigners in a land\par that doesn’t belong to you.’”\par