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Jeremiah 2:14

2:13 For 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.
Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? spoiled: Heb. become a spoil?

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Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he become a captive?

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

Is Israel a servant? is he a home born slave? why is he spoiled?

2:15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. yelled: Heb. gave out their voice

What does Jeremiah 2:14 mean?

Jeremiah 2:14 is a verse in the book of Jeremiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl), עֶבֶד (ʻebed), בַּיִת (bayith). It connects to 10 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
a
servant?עֶבֶדʻebed/eh'-bed/H5650a servant
is
he
a
homebornבַּיִתbayith/bah'-yith/H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
slave?
whyמַדּוּעַmaddûwaʻ/mad-doo'-ah/H4069what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?
is
he
spoiled?בַּזbaz/baz/H957plunder
spoiled:
Heb.
become
a
spoil?

Commentary on Jeremiah 2:14

HENRY_FULL · Jeremiah 2:14
"italic">hate the upright; they seek the ruin of good men because they condemn the wicked world and witness against it. Christ told his disciples that they should be hated of all men. Bloody men do especially hate upright magistrates, who would restrain and reform them, and put the laws in execution against them, and so really do them a kindness. 2. Good men love their worst enemies: The just, whom the bloody men hate, seek their soul, pray for their conversion, and would gladly do any thing for their salvation. This Christ taught us. Father, forgive them. The just seek his soul, that is, the soul of the upright, whom the bloody hate (so it is commonly understood), seek to protect it from violence, and save it from, or avenge it at, the hands of the blood-thirsty. 11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. Note, 1. It is a piece of weakness to be very open: He is a fool who utters all his mind, —who tells every thing he knows, and has in his mouth instantly whatever he

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Samuel 22:8

That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? sheweth: Heb. uncovereth mine ear

1 Samuel 23:19

Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? on: Heb. on the right hand Jeshimon: or, the wilderness

2 Samuel 3:7

And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?

2 Samuel 4:5

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

1 Kings 21:11

And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

2 Kings 10:6

Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up. mine: Heb. for me

2 Kings 10:7

And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.

Psalms 52:2

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Jeremiah 20:8

For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.

Jeremiah 25:23

Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, that: Heb. cut off into corners, or, having the corners of the hair polled

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Jeremiah 2:14.

Genesis 19:2

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

Genesis 24:2

And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

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What does Jeremiah 2:14 say?

Jeremiah 2:14 (King James Version) reads: "Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? spoiled: Heb. become a spoil?"

Is Jeremiah 2:14 in the Old or New Testament?

Jeremiah 2:14 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Jeremiah.

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