NET Bible
"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?"
— Jeremiah 2:14, NET Bible
“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?”
“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 ever changed its gods(even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all!
Be amazed at this, O heavens! Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded,” says the LORD.
“Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water.”
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?
Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted.
Even the soldiers from Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls, people of Israel.
You have brought all this on yourself, Israel, by deserting the LORD your God when he was leading you along the right path.