Jeremiah 2:14-16

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁴ Is Israel a slave?
Was he born into slavery?^[a]
Why else has he become a prey?
¹⁵ The young lions have roared at him;^(A)
they have roared loudly.
They have laid waste his land.^(B)
His cities are in ruins, without inhabitants.
¹⁶ The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes^(C)
have also broken your skull.