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Jeremiah 2:14-16
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14 Israel's people are surely not slaves.
    They were not born as slaves.
But their enemies have taken them away as prisoners.
15 Their enemies have attacked them like lions.
    They have destroyed my people's land.
They have destroyed your cities with fire.
    Nobody lives in them any more.
16 Soldiers from Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken your skulls![a]

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  1. 2:16 ‘Memphis’ and ‘Tahpanhes’ were cities in Egypt.
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Jeremiah 2:14-16
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14 Is Israel a servant, a slave(A) by birth?
    Why then has he become plunder?
15 Lions(B) have roared;
    they have growled at him.
They have laid waste(C) his land;
    his towns are burned(D) and deserted.(E)
16 Also, the men of Memphis(F) and Tahpanhes(G)
    have cracked your skull.

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