Jeremiah 2:36

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You go from one place to another looking for help, always changing your mind. But Egypt will also disappoint you, just as Assyria did.

Cross References

Jeremiah 31:22

Unfaithful daughter, how long will you wander around? “The Lord has created something new in the land: A woman surrounding a man.”

Hosea 5:13

Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, so they went to Assyria for help. They told their problems to the great king, but he cannot heal you or cure your wound.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim is wasting its time; Israel “chases the wind” all day long. The people tell more and more lies and steal more and more. They have made agreements with Assyria, and they are carrying their olive oil to Egypt.

Jeremiah 2:23

“Judah, how can you say to me, ‘I am not guilty because I have not worshiped the Baal idols’? Think about what you did in the valley. Think about what you have done. You are like a fast she-camel that runs from place to place.

2 Chronicles 28:16

At that same time the people from Edom came again and defeated the people of Judah. The Edomites captured people and took them away as prisoners. So King Ahaz asked the king of Assyria to help him.

Hosea 14:3

Assyria will not save us. We will not ride on war horses. We will never again say, ‘Our God’ to something we made with our hands. This is because you are the one who shows mercy to orphans.”

Hosea 10:6

It was carried away as a gift to the great king of Assyria. He will keep Ephraim’s shameful idol. Israel will be ashamed of its idol.

Hosea 7:11

So Ephraim has become like a silly dove without understanding. The people called to Egypt for help. They went to Assyria for help.

Ezekiel 29:7

The people of Israel leaned on Egypt for support, but Egypt only pierced their hands and shoulder. They leaned on you for support, but you broke and twisted their back.’”

Lamentations 5:6

We made an agreement with Egypt. We also made an agreement with Assyria to get enough bread.

Lamentations 4:17

We have worn out our eyes looking for help, but no help comes. We kept on looking for a nation to save us. We kept watch from our watchtower, but no nation came to us.

Jeremiah 37:7

“This is what the Lord, the God of the people of Israel, says: ‘Jehucal and Zephaniah, I know that King Zedekiah of Judah sent you to me to ask questions. Tell King Zedekiah this: Pharaoh’s army marched out of Egypt to come here to help you against the army of Babylon. But Pharaoh’s army will go back to Egypt.

Jeremiah 2:33

“Judah, you have become so good at finding lovers. Even the worst women could learn some evil ways from you.

Jeremiah 2:18

People of Judah, think about this: How did it help you to go to Egypt and drink from the Nile River? How did it help you to go to Assyria and drink from the Euphrates River?

Isaiah 20:5

Those who looked to Ethiopia for help will be shattered. Those who were amazed by Egypt’s glory will be ashamed.”

Jeremiah 46:12

The nations will hear you crying. Your cries will be heard all over the earth. One ‘brave soldier’ will run into another ‘brave soldier.’ And both ‘brave soldiers’ will fall down together.”

Ezekiel 16:28

Then you went to have sex with Assyria. You could not get enough. You were never satisfied.

Jeremiah 22:20

“Judah, go up to the mountains of Lebanon and cry out. Let your voice be heard in the mountains of Bashan. Cry out in the mountains of Abarim, because all your ‘lovers’ will be destroyed.

Jeremiah 22:22

Judah, the punishment I give will come like a storm, and it will blow all your shepherds away. You thought some of the other nations would help you. But these nations will also be defeated. Then you will really be disappointed. You will be ashamed of all the evil things you did.