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)