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17 And you have brought this upon yourselves
    by rebelling against the Lord your God,
    even though he was leading you on the way!

18 “What have you gained by your alliances with Egypt
    and your covenants with Assyria?
What good to you are the streams of the Nile[a]
    or the waters of the Euphrates River?[b]
19 Your wickedness will bring its own punishment.
    Your turning from me will shame you.
You will see what an evil, bitter thing it is
    to abandon the Lord your God and not to fear him.
    I, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!

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  1. 2:18a Hebrew of Shihor, a branch of the Nile River.
  2. 2:18b Hebrew the river?

17 Have you not brought this on yourselves(A)
    by forsaking(B) the Lord your God
    when he led you in the way?
18 Now why go to Egypt(C)
    to drink water from the Nile[a]?(D)
And why go to Assyria(E)
    to drink water from the Euphrates?(F)
19 Your wickedness will punish you;
    your backsliding(G) will rebuke(H) you.
Consider then and realize
    how evil and bitter(I) it is for you
when you forsake(J) the Lord your God
    and have no awe(K) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

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Footnotes

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