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


In Context

11 Hath a nation changed gods? (And they are no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit.

12 Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

13 For two evils hath My people done, Me they have forsaken, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells — broken wells, That contain not the waters.

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

15 Against him roar do young lions, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desolation, His cities have been burnt without inhabitant.

16 Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee — 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Is Israel a bondman, or a homeborn slave? why then is he become prey?

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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