14 “Is Israel a slave? Is he a homeborn servant?

Why then has he become a prey?

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 men of Memphis and Tahpanhes

have broken the crown of your head.

17 Have you not brought this upon yourself

by forsaking the Lord your God,

when he led you in the way?