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"Is Israel a slave? Or is he a servant born in the home? Why has he become plunder?

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

"The young lions have roared at him, They have roared loudly. And they have made his land a waste; His cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant.

The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

"Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes Have shaved your head.

Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

"Have you not done this to yourself By your abandoning the LORD your God When He led you in the way?

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?

"But now what are you doing on the road to Egypt, Except to drink the waters of the Nile? Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria, Except to drink the waters of the Euphrates River?

And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

"Your own wickedness will correct you, And your apostasies will punish you; Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter For you to abandon the LORD your God, And the fear of Me is not in you," declares the Lord GOD of armies.

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.