Jeremiah 2:14-16

New Living Translation

¹⁴ “Why has Israel become a slave?
    Why has he been carried away as plunder?
¹⁵ Strong lions have roared against him,
    and the land has been destroyed.
The towns are now in ruins,
    and no one lives in them anymore.
¹⁶ Egyptians, marching from their cities of Memphis^[a] and Tahpanhes,
    have destroyed Israel’s glory and power.