Jeremiah 2:14

Consequences Of Apostasy

¹³ My people have done two things wrong: (l) They have abandoned me, the fountain (source) of living waters. They have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. (Revelation 4:11) ¹⁴ “Is Israel a slave? Or is he a homeborn servant?
Why has he become a prey?
¹⁵ Young lions have roared at them. Young lions have turned the land into waste. The cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant.

People of Israel

Israel

Exodus 4:22

Say to Pharaoh: 'Thus says Jehovah, Israel is my son, my firstborn.

Genesis 15:3

Abram also said: You have given me no offspring. So a slave born in my house is to be my heir.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I acquired male and female servants, and they gave birth to sons and daughters in my house. I had great wealth of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.

Isaiah 50:1

This is what Jehovah says: Where are your mother's divorce papers? Did I give her any to get rid of her? To which of my creditors did I sell you? You were sold because of your sins. I got rid of your mother because of your rebellion.