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Jeremiah 2:14-16
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 2:14-16
Contemporary English Version
14 People of Israel,
you weren't born slaves;
you were captured in war.
15 Enemies roared like lions
and destroyed your land;
towns lie burned and empty.
16 Soldiers from the Egyptian towns
of Memphis and Tahpanhes
have cracked your skulls.
Jeremiah 2:14-16
New International Version
Jeremiah 2:14-16
New International Version
Jeremiah 2:14-16
King James Version
Jeremiah 2:14-16
King James Version
14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
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Jeremiah 2:14-16
New King James Version
Jeremiah 2:14-16
New King James Version
14 “Is Israel (A)a servant?
Is he a homeborn slave?
Why is he plundered?
15 (B)The young lions roared at him, and growled;
They made his land waste;
His cities are burned, without inhabitant.
16 Also the people of [a]Noph and (C)Tahpanhes
Have [b]broken the crown of your head.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:16 Memphis in ancient Egypt
- Jeremiah 2:16 Or grazed
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