14Is Israel a bondman, or a homeborn slave? why then is he become prey?


In Context

11 If a nation hath changed their gods, and indeed they are not gods,: but my people have changed their glory into an idol.

12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and ye gates thereof, be very desolate, saith the Lord.

13 For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and have digged to themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

14 Is Israel a bondman, or a homeborn slave? why then is he become prey?

15 The lions have roared upon him, and have made a noise, they have made his land a wilderness: his cities are burnt down and there is none to dwell in them.

16 The children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes have deflowered thee, even to the crown of the head.

Jeremiah 2:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:14[Is] Israel a servant? [is] he a homeborn [slave?] why is he spoiled?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Is Israel a servant, a slave by birth? Why then has he become plunder?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born'slave ? why is he become a prey?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14Is Israel a bondman? Is he a home-born slave? Why is he become a spoil?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he become a prey?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he laid waste?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14Is Israel a servant? Is he a native-born [slave]? Why has he become a prey?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14A servant is Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Is Israel a servant? is he a home born slave? why is he spoiled?