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Jeremiah 2:14

Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

KJV

Numquid servus est Israël, aut vernaculus ? quare ergo factus est in prædam ?

Vulgate

μὴ δοῦλός ἐστιν Ἰσραήλ, ἢ οἰκογενής ἐστιν; διὰ τί εἰς προνομὴν ἐγένετο;

LXX

Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he become a prey?

ASV

הַ/עֶ֨בֶד֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִם יְלִ֥יד בַּ֖יִת ה֑וּא מַדּ֖וּעַ הָיָ֥ה לָ/בַֽז

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
בַֽז
bz
noun · 25×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
ילִדֵ֥י
yldy
noun · 13×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
מַדּ֖וּעַ
mdv'
adverb · 71×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 2:7 — I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
  • Exod 4:22 — And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
  • Gen 15:3 — And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
  • Isa 50:1 — Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves,