Jeremiah 2:18

New Century Version

It did not help to go to Egypt and drink from the Shihor River. It did not help to go to Assyria and drink from the Euphrates River.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:16

At that time the Edomites came again and attacked Judah and carried away prisoners. So King Ahaz sent to the king of Assyria for help.

Isaiah 23:3

They traveled the sea to bring grain from Egypt; the sailors of Tyre brought grain from the Nile Valley and sold it to other nations.

Isaiah 31:1

How terrible it will be for those people who go down to Egypt for help. They think horses will save them. They think their many chariots and strong horsemen will save them. But they don’t trust God, the Holy One of Israel, or ask the Lord for help.

Isaiah 7:20

The Lord will hire Assyria and use it like a razor to punish Judah. It will be as if the Lord is shaving the hair from Judah’s head and legs and removing Judah’s beard.

Jeremiah 2:36

It is so easy for you to change your mind. Even Egypt will let you down, as Assyria let you down.

Jeremiah 31:22

You are an unfaithful daughter. How long will you wander before you come home? The Lord has made something new happen in the land: A woman will go seeking a man.”

Lamentations 4:17

Also, our eyes grew tired, looking for help that never came. We kept watch from our towers for a nation to save us.

Lamentations 5:6

We made an agreement with Egypt and with Assyria to get enough food.

Ezekiel 16:28

Also, you had sexual relations with the Assyrians, because you could not be satisfied. Even though you had sexual relations with them, you still were not satisfied.

Ezekiel 17:15

But the king of Judah turned against the king of Babylon by sending his messengers to Egypt and asking them for horses and many soldiers. Will the king of Judah succeed? Will the one who does such things escape? He cannot break the agreement and escape.

Ezekiel 23:30

have brought this on you. You have had sexual relations with the nations and made yourselves unclean by worshiping their idols.

Hosea 5:13

“When Israel saw its illness and Judah saw its wounds, Israel went to Assyria for help and sent to the great king of Assyria. But he cannot heal you or cure your wounds.

Hosea 7:11

Israel has become like a pigeon— easy to fool and stupid. First they call to Egypt for help. Then they run to Assyria.

Joshua 13:3

the area from the Shihor River at the border of Egypt to Ekron in the north, which belongs to the Canaanites; the five Philistine leaders at Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron; the Avvites,