Jeremiah 2:14
Strong's Lexicon
Is Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel = 'God prevails' 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile

אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

a slave ?
הַעֶ֙בֶד֙ (ha·‘e·ḇeḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: 1) slave, servant 1a) slave, servant, man-servant 1b) subjects 1c) servants, worshippers (of God) 1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc) 1e) servant (of Israel) 1f) servant (as form of address between equals)

Was he
ה֑וּא ()
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)

born into slavery
יְלִ֥יד (yə·lîḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3211: 1) born

בַּ֖יִת (ba·yiṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: nm 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within

Why then
מַדּ֖וּעַ (mad·dū·a‘)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4069: 1) why?, on what account?, wherefore?

has he become
הָיָ֥ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

prey ?
לָבַֽז׃ (lā·ḇaz)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 957: 1) spoil, booty, robbery, spoiling

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?

Young's Literal Translation
A servant [is] Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Is Israel a slave ? Was he born into slavery ?  Why else has he become a prey?

New American Standard Bible
"Is Israel a slave? Or is he a homeborn servant? Why has he become a prey?

King James Bible
[Is] Israel a servant? [is] he a homeborn [slave]? why is he spoiled?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Is Israel a servant, a slave by birth? Why then has he become plunder?

New Living Translation
"Why has Israel become a slave? Why has he been carried away as plunder?

English Standard Version
“Is Israel a slave? Is he a homeborn servant? Why then has he become a prey?

New American Standard Bible
"Is Israel a slave? Or is he a homeborn servant? Why has he become a prey?

King James Bible
Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why else has he become a prey?

International Standard Version
"Is Israel a slave, or was he born a servant? Why then has he become plunder?

NET Bible
"Israel is not a slave, is he? He was not born into slavery, was he? If not, why then is he being carried off?

American Standard Version
Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born'slave ? why is he become a prey?

English Revised Version
Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he become a prey?

Young's Literal Translation
A servant is Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey?
















Cross References
Exodus 12:49
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

Jeremiah 5:19
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

Jeremiah 17:4
And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.

Jeremiah 1:1
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

Jeremiah 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.

Jeremiah 2:12
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 2:11
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

Jeremiah 2:15
The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 2:16
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

Jeremiah 2:17
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
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