Jeremiah 2:14
Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
In other versions
Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born `slave'? why is he become a prey?
ASV
Is Israel a servant? has he been a house-servant from birth? why has he been made waste?
BBE
Is Israel a bondman? Is he a home-born [slave]? Why is he become a spoil?
DBY
Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born [slave]? why is he become a prey?
WEB
A servant `is' Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey?
YLT
Is Israel a servant? is he a native slave? why is he spoiled?
ENG
Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he laid waste?
WBT
Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
BSB
In context
12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
14Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
15The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
16Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.