18 (A)And now what do you gain by going to Egypt
    to drink the waters of (B)the Nile?[a]
(C)Or what do you gain by going to Assyria
    to drink the waters of (D)the Euphrates?[b]
19 (E)Your evil will chastise you,
    and (F)your apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and (G)bitter
    for (H)you to forsake the Lord your God;
    the fear of me is not in you,
declares the Lord God of hosts.

20 “For long ago I (I)broke your yoke
    and burst your bonds;
    but you said, (J)‘I will not serve.’
Yes, (K)on every high hill
    and under every green tree
    you bowed down (L)like a whore.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew Shihor
  2. Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew the River

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