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

Jeremiah 2:14 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીયર્મિયા ૨:૧૪
શું ઇઝરાયલ દાસ છે? તે શું શેઠના ઘરમાં જન્મેલો દાસ છે? તે શા માટે લૂંટાઈ ગયો છે?
हिन्दीयिर्मयाह २:१४
“ क्या इस्राएल दास है? क्या वह घर में जन्म से ही दास है? फिर वह क्यों शिकार बना?

In context

12“Be astonished, you heavens, at this and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says the LORD.

13“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.

14Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he become a captive?

15The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

16The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.

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