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18 And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the [a]Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of [b]the River? 19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

20 For of old time [c]I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not [d]serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:18 That is, the Nile.
  2. Jeremiah 2:18 That is, the Euphrates.
  3. Jeremiah 2:20 Or, thou hast
  4. Jeremiah 2:20 Another reading is, transgress