Font Size
Jeremiah 2:18-20
New International Version - UK
Jeremiah 2:18-20
New International Version - UK
18 Now why go to Egypt
to drink water from the Nile?[a]
And why go to Assyria
to drink water from the Euphrates?
19 Your wickedness will punish you;
your backsliding will rebuke you.
Consider then and realise
how evil and bitter it is for you
when you forsake the Lord your God
and have no awe of me,’
declares the Lord,
the Lord Almighty.
20 ‘Long ago you broke off your yoke
and tore off your bonds;
you said, “I will not serve you!”
Indeed, on every high hill
and under every spreading tree
you lay down as a prostitute.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew Shihor; that is, a branch of the Nile
New International Version - UK (NIVUK)
Holy Bible, New International Version® Anglicized, NIV® Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.