Jeremiah 2:17-19

Expanded Bible

¹⁷ ·Haven’t you brought this on yourselves [^LDid you not do this to yourself]
    by ·turning away from [abandoning; forsaking] the Lord your God
    when he was leading you in the ·right way [or path]?
¹⁸ ·It did not help to go to [^LWhy would you go on the path to…?] Egypt
    and drink from the Shihor River [^Cthe Nile or one of its tributaries].
·It did not help to [^LWhy would you…?] go to Assyria
    and drink from the River [^Cthe Euphrates].
¹⁹ Your evil will ·bring punishment to [instruct; discipline] you,
    and ·the wrong you have done [your apostasy/infidelity] will ·teach you a lesson [reprove/convict/rebuke you].
·Think about it and understand [^LKnow and see]
that it is ·a terrible evil [^Levil and bitter] to ·turn away from [abandon; forsake] the Lord your God.
    It is wrong not to fear me,”
    says the Lord God ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts].