Jeremiah 2:14 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 2:14

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah (420)

(Verse 14) Is the Israelite a servant or a native? I believe that from this place, the Jews who were filled with pride said to the Savior: We are the seed of Abraham and have never served anyone. How do you say, 'You will be free' (John 8:33)? Ignorant that everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin, and each one serves the one by whom they are overcome.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

A slave - Slave is here added to home-born to express the baseness of his service, because the master had power to make those slaves who were born of slaves in his house. Why - Why is he thus tyrannized over, as if strangers had the same right over him as owners over their slaves?

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Israel is my son, my first-born, Exod. iv. They are children; they are heirs. Nay, their extraction is noble; they are the seed of Abraham, God's friend, and of Jacob his chosen.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַעֶ֙בֶד֙	ha.'E.ved	¿ a slave	H5650 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	[is] Israel	H3478 →
אִם־	'im-	or?	H518 →
יְלִ֥יד	ye.Lid	one born of	H3211 →
בַּ֖יִת	Ba.yit	[the] household	H1004 →
ה֑וּא	Hu'	[is] it	H1931 →
מַדּ֖וּעַ	ma.Du.a'	why?	H4069 →
הָיָ֥ה	ha.Yah	has it become	H1961 →
לָבַֽז׃	la.Vaz	<into> plunder	H957 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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Through
Isaiah 50:1
This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:30
  How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- Jeremiah 3:8
  She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
- Matthew 18:25
  Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.
Through
Exodus 4:22
Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
leads to
- Hosea 11:1
  When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
- Romans 9:4
  the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
- Jeremiah 31:9
  They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am…
- Hebrews 12:23
  in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
- Exodus 19:5–6
  Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Jeremiah