Verse 14

Is Israel a servant? Is he a native-born [slave]? Why has he become a prey?

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 4:22 : 22 You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,
  • Eccl 2:7 : 7 I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;
  • Isa 50:1 : 1 Thus says Yahweh, "Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
  • Gen 15:3 : 3 Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."