Jeremiah 2:14-16

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁴ Is Israel a slave? Is he a homeborn servant?
    Why then has he become plunder?
¹⁵ The lions have roared against him,
    they have roared loudly.
They have made his land a waste;
    his cities are in ruins, without inhabitant.
¹⁶ Moreover, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes
    have broken the crown of your head.