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Jeremiah 2:14-16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Jeremiah 2:14-16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 Is Israel a slave, a house-born servant?[a]
Why then has he become plunder?
15 Against him lions roar,
they raise their voices.
They have turned his land into a waste;
his cities are charred ruins, without an inhabitant.(A)
16 Yes, the people of Memphis[b] and Tahpanhes
shave the crown of your head.
Footnotes
- 2:14 House-born servant: one born in the master’s house, in contrast to a slave acquired by purchase or as a captive; cf. Lv 22:11.
- 2:16 Memphis: the capital of Lower Egypt. Tahpanhes: a frontier city of Egypt, east of the Delta. Shave the crown of your head: an image for Egypt plundering Judah; perhaps a reference to the capture of King Jehoahaz in 609 B.C. (2 Kgs 23:34).
Jeremiah 2:14-16
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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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