Jeremiah 2:14-16

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¹⁴ Is Israel a slave? Is he a homeborn servant?
    Why then has he become plunder?^(A)
15 The lions have roared against him;
    they have roared loudly.
They have made his land a waste;
    his cities are in ruins, without inhabitant.^(B)
16 Moreover, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes
    have broken the crown of your head.^(C)