Jeremiah 2:14

Consequences Of Apostasy

¹³ For two wicked things, have my people committed, - Me, have they forsaken a fountain of living water, To hew out for themselves cisterns broken cisterns, that cannot hold water. ¹⁴ Was Israel a servant? Born in the house, was he? Wherefore hath he become a prey? ¹⁵ Against him, have been roaring wild lions, They have uttered their voice, - and have made his land a desolation, His cities, have been burned, so as to have no inhabitant.

People of Israel

Israel

Exodus 4:22

Then shalt thou say unto Pharaoh, Thus, saith Yahweh - My son - my firstborn, is Israel;

Genesis 15:3

And Abram said - Lo, to me, hast thou not given seed, -

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I acquired, men-servants and women-servants, and, the children of the household, were mine, - also possessions, herds and flocks in abundance, were mine, beyond all who had been before me in Jerusalem;

Isaiah 50:1

Thus, saith Yahweh - Where then is the set, oil of your mothers divorce, whom I have put away? Or, which of my creditors, is it to whom I have sold you? Lo! for your iniquities, have ye been sold, And for your transgressions, hath your mother been put away.