American King James Version
"Is Israel a servant? is he a home born slave? why is he spoiled? "
— Jeremiah 2:14, American King James Version
“Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?”
“Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he become a prey? ”
“Is Israel a servant? Is he a native-born [slave]? Why has he become a prey?”
“Israel’s Reliance on Foreign Alliances(not on God)“Israel is not a slave, is he? He was not born into slavery, was he? If not, why then is he being carried off?”
“Is Israel a bondman, or a homeborn slave? why then is he become a prey?”
“Is Israel a servant? has he been a house-servant from birth? why has he been made waste?”
“Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?”
Has a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Be astonished, O you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be you very desolate, says the LORD.
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. ¶
Is Israel a servant? is he a home born slave? why is he spoiled?
The young lions roared on him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of your head.
Have you not procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?