Jeremiah 2:17-19

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁷ “Haven’t you brought this on yourself
by abandoning Adonai your God
when he led you along the way?
¹⁸ If you go to Egypt, what’s in it for you?
Drinking water from the Nile?
If you go to Ashur, what’s in it for you?
Drinking water from the [Euphrates] River?
¹⁹ Your own wickedness will correct you,
your own backslidings will convict you;
you will know and see how bad and bitter
it was to abandon Adonai your God,
and how fear of me is not in you,”
says Adonai Elohim-Tzva’ot.