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Jeremiah 2:14-16
New Catholic Bible
Jeremiah 2:14-16
New Catholic Bible
14 Is Israel a slave?
Was he born to be a servant?
Why then has he become plunder?
15 His enemies roar loudly at him like lions;[a]
they have made his country a wasteland;
his cities are burned to the ground and deserted.
16 The people of Memphis[b] and Tahpanhes
have shaved the crown of your head.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:15 Lions: the Assyrians, whose arms bore the emblem of the lion.
- Jeremiah 2:16 Memphis: capital of Lower Egypt. Tahpanhes: in the eastern part of the Nile Delta. The shaving is a sign of the victor’s contempt.
