Jeremiah 2:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁸ Now what will you gain by travelling along the way to Egypt to drink the water of the Nile? What will you gain by travelling along the way to Assyria to drink the water of the Euphrates?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And now what have you to gain by allying yourself with Egypt and going her way, to drink the [black and roiled] waters of the Nile? Or what have you to gain in going the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

Common English Bible

¹⁸ So why take the path to Egypt to drink water from the Nile? Why travel the path to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And now what do you want from the way of Egypt, but to drink their turbid water? And what do you want from the way of the Assyrians, but to drink the water of their river?

Jeremiah 2:18 Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:16

At that time King Ahaz asked the king of Assyria for help.

Isaiah 23:3

over deep water. Tyre’s revenue was the grain from Shihor – the harvest of the Nile. She was the merchant among the nations.

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who depend on horses! They trust in the abundance of chariots and in the large number of horsemen. They do not look  to the Holy One of Israel, and they do not seek the  Lord.

Isaiah 7:20

On that day the Lord will use a razor  hired from beyond the River Euphrates #– #the king of Assyria   #– #to shave the hair on your heads, the hair on your legs, and even your beards.

Jeremiah 2:36

How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be put to shame by Egypt just as you were put to shame by Assyria.

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you turn here and there, faithless daughter? For the Lord creates something new in the land   – a female  will shelter  a man.

Lamentations 4:17

All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help; we watched from our towers for a nation that would not save us.

Lamentations 5:6

We made a treaty with   Egypt and with Assyria, to get enough food.

Ezekiel 16:28

Then you engaged in prostitution with the Assyrian men because you were not satisfied.  Even though you did this with them, you were still not satisfied.

Ezekiel 17:15

However, this king revolted against him  by sending his ambassadors to Egypt so that they might give him horses and a large army.  Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still escape?

Ezekiel 23:30

These things will be done to you because you acted like a prostitute with the nations,  defiling yourself with their idols.

Hosea 5:13

When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent a delegation to the great king.  , But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

Hosea 7:11

So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove; they call to Egypt,  and they go to Assyria.

Joshua 13:3

from the Shihor east of Egypt to the border of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory) #– #the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as the Avvites