Jeremiah 2:14-16

Good News Translation

¹⁴ “Israel is not a slave;
    he was not born into slavery.
    Why then do his enemies hunt him down?
¹⁵ They have roared at him like lions;
    they have made his land a desert,
    and his towns lie in ruins, completely abandoned.
¹⁶ Yes, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes
    have cracked his skull.