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.
Notas al pie
- Jeremiah 2:16 Hebrew grazed
- Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew the River
Jeremiah 2:14-19
International Standard Version
Consequences of Israel’s Unfaithfulness
14 “Is Israel a slave, or was he born a servant?[a]
Why then has he become plunder?
15 Young lions roar at him, they cry out loudly.
They have made his land into a wasteland,
and his cities are destroyed
so they are without inhabitants.
16 Also, people from Memphis and Tahpanhes[b]
have broken[c] your skull.
17 You have done this to yourselves, have you not,
by forsaking the Lord your God, when he
is the one who led you on the way?
18 Now, what are you doing on the road to Egypt,
to drink the waters of the Nile?
And what are you doing on the road to Assyria,
to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
19 Your wickedness will be punished,
and you will be corrected due to your acts of apostasy.
Know and see that it’s evil and bitter for you
to forsake the Lord your God,
but the fear of me is not in you,”
declares the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies.
Notas al pie
- Jeremiah 2:14 Lit. was he a home born servant (cf. Exod 21:4)
- Jeremiah 2:16 I.e. Egyptian cities
- Jeremiah 2:16 Or shaved
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