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18 And now why do you go[a] the way of Egypt
    to drink the waters of the Shihor?
And why do you go[b] the way of Assyria
    to drink the waters of the Euphrates?[c]
19 Your wickedness will chastise you,
    and your apostasies will reprove you.
Therefore know and see that it is evil and bitter,
    your forsaking of Yahweh, your God,
and fear of me is not in you,”
    declares[d] the Lord, Yahweh of hosts.
20 “For from long ago you have broken your yoke,
    you tore to pieces your bonds.
And you said, ‘I will not serve!’
    But on every high hill and under every leafy tree
    you were lying down as a prostitute.

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  1. Jeremiah 2:18 Literally “what for you”
  2. Jeremiah 2:18 Literally “what for you”
  3. Jeremiah 2:18 Literally “river”
  4. Jeremiah 2:19 Literally “a declaration of”

18 Now why go to Egypt(A)
    to drink water from the Nile[a]?(B)
And why go to Assyria(C)
    to drink water from the Euphrates?(D)
19 Your wickedness will punish you;
    your backsliding(E) will rebuke(F) you.
Consider then and realize
    how evil and bitter(G) it is for you
when you forsake(H) the Lord your God
    and have no awe(I) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

20 “Long ago you broke off your yoke(J)
    and tore off your bonds;(K)
    you said, ‘I will not serve you!’(L)
Indeed, on every high hill(M)
    and under every spreading tree(N)
    you lay down as a prostitute.(O)

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Footnotes

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