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Jeremiah 2:14-19
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14 “Is Israel (A)a slave? Or is he a servant born in the home?
Why has he become plunder?
15 The young (B)lions have roared at him,
They have [a]roared loudly.
And they have (C)made his land a waste;
His cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant.
16 Also the [b]men of (D)Memphis and Tahpanhes
Have [c]shaved (E)your head.
17 Have you not (F)done this to yourself
By your abandoning the Lord your God
When He (G)led you in the way?
18 But now what are you doing (H)on the road to Egypt,
Except to drink the waters of the [d](I)Nile?
Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria,
Except to drink the waters of the Euphrates River?
19 (J)Your own wickedness will correct you,
And your (K)apostasies will punish you;
Know therefore and see that it is evil and (L)bitter
For you to abandon the Lord your God,
And (M)the fear of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord [e]God of armies.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:15 Lit given their voice
  2. Jeremiah 2:16 Lit sons
  3. Jeremiah 2:16 Lit grazed
  4. Jeremiah 2:18 Heb Shihor
  5. Jeremiah 2:19 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
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Jeremiah 2:14-19
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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:16 Hebrew grazed
  2. Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew the River
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