Add parallel Print Page Options

16 Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes
    have shaved the crown of your head.
17 Have you not brought this on yourself,
    in that you have forsaken the Lord your God
    when He led you in the way?
18 And now what are you doing in the way of Egypt,
    to drink the waters of the Nile?
Or what are you doing in the way of Assyria,
    to drink the waters of the River?

Read full chapter

16 Also, the men of Memphis(A) and Tahpanhes(B)
    have cracked your skull.
17 Have you not brought this on yourselves(C)
    by forsaking(D) the Lord your God
    when he led you in the way?
18 Now why go to Egypt(E)
    to drink water from the Nile[a]?(F)
And why go to Assyria(G)
    to drink water from the Euphrates?(H)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew Shihor; that is, a branch of the Nile