Jeremiah 2:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and you trusted the power of Egypt and Assyria.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:16

Some time later, the Edomites attacked the eastern part of Judah again and carried away prisoners. And at the same time, the Philistines raided towns in the western foothills and in the Southern Desert. They conquered the towns of Beth-Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo, including the villages around them. Then some of the Philistines went to live in these places. Ahaz sent a message to King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria and begged for help.

Isaiah 23:3

Your merchants sailed the seas, making you wealthy by trading with nation after nation. They brought back grain that grew along the Nile.

Isaiah 31:1

You are in for trouble if you go to Egypt for help, or if you depend on an army of chariots or a powerful cavalry. Instead you should depend on and trust the holy LORD God of Israel.

Isaiah 7:20

The Lord will pay the king of Assyria to bring a razor from across the River Euphrates and shave your head and every hair on your body, including your beard.

Jeremiah 2:36

When Assyria let you down, you ran to Egypt, but you'll find no help there,

Jeremiah 31:22

Will you ever decide to be faithful? I will make sure that some day things will be different, as different as a woman protecting a man.

Lamentations 4:17

Our eyes became weary, hopelessly looking for help from a nation that could not save us.

Lamentations 5:6

We had to surrender to Egypt and Assyria because we were hungry.

Ezekiel 16:28

You couldn't get enough sex, so you chased after Assyrians and slept with them. You still weren't satisfied,

Ezekiel 17:15

But this new king of Judah later rebelled against Babylonia and sent officials to Egypt to get horses and troops. Will this king be successful in breaking the treaty with Babylonia? Or will he be punished for what he's done?

Ezekiel 23:30

have led to this. You were the one determined to have sex with men from other nations and to worship their idols.

Hosea 5:13

When Israel and Judah saw their sickness and wounds, Israel asked help from Assyria and its mighty king. But the king cannot cure them or heal their wounds.

Hosea 7:11

Israel is a senseless bird, fluttering back and forth between Egypt and Assyria.