Jeremiah 2:18

New English Translation

What good will it do you then to go down to Egypt to seek help from the Egyptians? What good will it do you to go over to Assyria to seek help from the Assyrians?

Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:16

At that time King Ahaz asked the king of Assyria for help.

Isaiah 23:3

the deep waters! Grain from the Shihor region, crops grown near the Nile she receives; she is the trade center of the nations.

Isaiah 31:1

Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt’s many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the Lord.

Isaiah 7:20

At that time the sovereign master will use a razor hired from the banks of the Euphrates River, the king of Assyria, to shave the head and the pubic hair; it will also shave off the beard.

Jeremiah 2:36

Why do you constantly go about changing your political allegiances? You will get no help from Egypt just as you got no help from Assyria.

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you vacillate, you who were once like an unfaithful daughter? For I, the Lord, promise to bring about something new on the earth, something as unique as a woman protecting a man!’”

Lamentations 4:17

Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us. צ (Tsade)

Lamentations 5:6

We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria in order to buy food to eat.

Ezekiel 16:28

You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians because your sexual desires were insatiable; you prostituted yourself with them and yet you were still not satisfied.

Ezekiel 17:15

But this one from Israel’s royal family rebelled against the king of Babylon by sending his emissaries to Egypt to obtain horses and a large army. Will he prosper? Will the one doing these things escape? Can he break the covenant and escape?

Ezekiel 23:30

I will do these things to you because you engaged in prostitution with the nations, polluting yourself with their idols.

Hosea 5:13

When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and begged its great king for help. But he will not be able to heal you! He cannot cure your wound!

Hosea 7:11

Ephraim has been like a dove, easily deceived and lacking discernment. They called to Egypt for help; they turned to Assyria for protection.

Joshua 13:3

from the Shihor River east of Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory), including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land