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Jeremiah 2:14-19
New American Standard Bible
Jeremiah 2:14-19
New American Standard Bible
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.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:15 Lit given their voice
- Jeremiah 2:16 Lit sons
- Jeremiah 2:16 Lit grazed
- Jeremiah 2:18 Heb Shihor
- Jeremiah 2:19 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Jeremiah 2:14-19
New International Version
Jeremiah 2:14-19
New International Version
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.
17 Have you not brought this on yourselves(H)
by forsaking(I) the Lord your God
when he led you in the way?
18 Now why go to Egypt(J)
to drink water from the Nile[a]?(K)
And why go to Assyria(L)
to drink water from the Euphrates?(M)
19 Your wickedness will punish you;
your backsliding(N) will rebuke(O) you.
Consider then and realize
how evil and bitter(P) it is for you
when you forsake(Q) the Lord your God
and have no awe(R) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew Shihor; that is, a branch of the Nile
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