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Jeremiah 2:14

“Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?”

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¹²Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.

¹³“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

¹⁴Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?

¹⁵The young lions have roared at him; they have sounded their voices. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.

¹⁶The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.

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