Jeremiah 2:14-19
International Children’s Bible
14 Have the people of Israel become slaves?
Have they become like someone who was born a slave?
Why was their wealth stolen?
15 Enemies roar like lions at Israel.
They growl at Israel.
They have destroyed the land of Israel.
The cities of Israel have been burned,
and all the people have left.
16 The men from the Egyptian cities of Memphis and Tahpanhes
have disgraced you by shaving the top of your head.
17 You have brought this on yourselves.
You turned away from me, the Lord your God,
when I led you in the way.
18 It did not help to go to Egypt
and drink from the Shihor River.
It did not help to go to Assyria
and drink from the Euphrates River.
19 Your evil will bring punishment to you.
The wrong you have done will teach you a lesson.
Think about it and understand.
It is a terrible evil to turn away from the Lord your God.
It is wrong not to fear me,”
says the Lord, the Lord of heaven’s armies.
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