Jeremiah 2:18

Good News Translation

What do you think you will gain by going to Egypt to drink water from the Nile? What do you think you will gain by going to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates?

Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:16

The Edomites began to raid Judah again and captured many prisoners, so King Ahaz asked Tiglath Pileser, the emperor of Assyria, to send help.

Isaiah 23:3

across the sea to buy and sell the grain that grew in Egypt and to do business with all the nations.

Isaiah 31:1

Those who go to Egypt for help are doomed! They are relying on Egypt's vast military strength—horses, chariots, and soldiers. But they do not rely on the Lord, the holy God of Israel, or ask him for help.

Isaiah 7:20

“When that time comes, the Lord will hire a barber from across the Euphrates—the emperor of Assyria!—and he will shave off your beards and the hair on your heads and your bodies.

Jeremiah 2:36

You have cheapened yourself by turning to the gods of other nations. You will be disappointed by Egypt, just as you were by Assyria.

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you hesitate, faithless people? I have created something new and different, as different as a woman protecting a man.”

Lamentations 4:17

For help that never came, we looked until we could look no longer. We kept waiting for help from a nation that had none to give.

Lamentations 5:6

To get food enough to stay alive, we went begging to Egypt and Assyria.

Ezekiel 16:28

“Because you were not satisfied by the others, you went running after the Assyrians. You were their prostitute, but they didn't satisfy you either.

Ezekiel 17:15

But the king of Judah rebelled and sent agents to Egypt to get horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Can he get away with that? He cannot break the treaty and go unpunished!

Ezekiel 23:30

have brought this on you. You were a prostitute for the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.

Hosea 5:13

“When Israel saw how sick she was and when Judah saw her own wounds, then Israel went to Assyria to ask the great emperor for help, but he could not cure them or heal their wounds.

Hosea 7:11

Israel flits around like a silly pigeon; first her people call on Egypt for help, and then they run to Assyria!

Joshua 13:3

as well as all the territory of the Avvim to the south. (The land from the stream Shihor, at the Egyptian border, as far north as the border of Ekron was considered Canaanite; the kings of the Philistines lived at Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.)