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A Question of Privilege
The question "Is Israel a servant?" is rhetorical. Commentators explain it highlights Israel's special, honored status. They were not ordinary slaves but God's chosen people, His "first-born son" (Calvin) or a prized "home-born" servant (Barnes, Ellicott), who should have been under divine protection. The question expresses shock at the contrast between their high calling and their current devastation.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 2:14
18th Century
Theologian
It was Israel’s glory to be Yahweh’s servant (Jeremiah 30:10), and slaves born in the house were more prized than those bought with mon…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 2:14
19th Century
Bishop
Is Israel a servant? —The word “servant,” we must remember, had become, through its frequent use in Isaiah ([Reference Isaiah 20:3…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 2:14–17
19th Century
Preacher
Is Israel a servant? Is he a homeborn slave? Why is he spoiled? The young lions roared upon him and yelled, and they made his land waste: his c…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 2:14–17
16th Century
Theologian
These verses are to be read together, for the Prophet first shows that Israel was not originally miserable, but that this happened through a new ca…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 2:14
17th Century
Pastor
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Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 2:14–19
17th Century
Minister
Is Israel a servant? No, they are the seed of Abraham.
We may apply this spiritually: Is the soul of man a slave? No, it is not; but it has …