“Is Israel a slave?Is he born into slavery?Why has he become a captive?”
Jeremiah 2:14 (WEB)
Context Reading
12“Be astonished, you heavens, at thisand be horribly afraid.Be very desolate,” says Yahweh. 13“For my people have committed two evils:they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters,and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water. 14Is Israel a slave?Is he born into slavery?Why has he become a captive? 15The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices.They have made his land waste.His cities are burned up, without inhabitant. 16The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.