Jeremiah 2:14-19
Christian Standard Bible
Consequences of Apostasy
14 Is Israel a slave?
Was he born into slavery?[a]
Why else has he become a prey?
15 The young lions have roared at him;(A)
they have roared loudly.
They have laid waste his land.(B)
His cities are in ruins, without inhabitants.
16 The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes(C)
have also broken your skull.
17 Have you not brought this on yourself(D)
by abandoning the Lord your God
while he was leading you along the way?
18 Now what will you gain
by traveling along the way to Egypt(E)
to drink the water of the Nile?[b]
What will you gain
by traveling along the way to Assyria(F)
to drink the water of the Euphrates?(G)
19 Your own evil will discipline you;(H)
your own apostasies will reprimand you.
Recognize[c] how evil and bitter(I) it is
for you to abandon the Lord your God
and to have no fear of me.
This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.
Jeremiah 2:14-19
English Standard Version
14 (A)“Is Israel a slave? Is he a homeborn servant?
Why then has he become a prey?
15 (B)The lions have roared against him;
they have roared loudly.
They have made his land a waste;
his cities are in ruins, (C)without inhabitant.
16 Moreover, the men of (D)Memphis and (E)Tahpanhes
(F)have shaved[a] the crown of your head.
17 (G)Have you not brought this upon yourself
by forsaking the Lord your God,
when (H)he led you in the way?
18 (I)And now what do you gain by going to Egypt
to drink the waters of (J)the Nile?
(K)Or what do you gain by going to Assyria
to drink the waters of (L)the Euphrates?[b]
19 (M)Your evil will chastise you,
and (N)your apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and (O)bitter
for (P)you to forsake the Lord your God;
the fear of me is not in you,
declares the Lord God of hosts.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:16 Hebrew grazed
- Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew the River
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