Jeremiah 2:36

Good News Translation

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

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 20:5

Those who have put their trust in Ethiopia and have boasted about Egypt will be disillusioned, their hopes shattered.

Jeremiah 2:18

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?

Jeremiah 2:23

How can you say you have not defiled yourself, that you have never worshiped Baal? Look how you sinned in the valley; see what you have done. You are like a wild camel in heat, running around loose,

Jeremiah 2:33

You certainly know how to chase after lovers. Even the worst of women can learn from you.

Jeremiah 22:20

People of Jerusalem, go to Lebanon and shout, go to the land of Bashan and cry; call out from the mountains of Moab, because all your allies have been defeated.

Jeremiah 22:22

Your leaders will be blown away by the wind, your allies taken as prisoners of war, your city disgraced and put to shame because of all the evil you have done.

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.”

Jeremiah 37:7

to say to Zedekiah, “The Egyptian army is on its way to help you, but it will return home.

Jeremiah 46:12

Nations have heard of your shame; everyone has heard you cry. One soldier trips over another, and both of them fall to the ground.

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 29:7

When they leaned on you, you broke, pierced their armpits, and made them wrench their backs.

Hosea 10:6

The idol will be carried off to Assyria as tribute to the great emperor. The people of Israel will be disgraced and put to shame because of the advice they followed.

Hosea 12:1

Everything that the people of Israel do from morning to night is useless and destructive. Treachery and acts of violence increase among them. They make treaties with Assyria and do business with Egypt.”

Hosea 14:3

Assyria can never save us, and war horses cannot protect us. We will never again say to our idols that they are our God. O Lord, you show mercy to those who have no one else to turn to.”

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!