Jeremiah 2:14

servant?... slave? They were treated as such by Assyria, and afterward by Egypt.

spoiled. become. spoil.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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¹⁴ Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 2:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 2:14