Jeremiah 2:36

New International Version

Why do you go about so much, changing your ways? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:16

At that time King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria for help.

Isaiah 20:5

Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be dismayed and put to shame.

Jeremiah 2:18

Now why go to Egypt to drink water from the Nile? And why go to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates?

Jeremiah 2:23

“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? See how you behaved in the valley; consider what you have done. You are a swift she-camel running here and there,

Jeremiah 2:33

How skilled you are at pursuing love! Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.

Jeremiah 22:20

“Go up to Lebanon and cry out, let your voice be heard in Bashan, cry out from Abarim, for all your allies are crushed.

Jeremiah 22:22

The wind will drive all your shepherds away, and your allies will go into exile. Then you will be ashamed and disgraced because of all your wickedness.

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you wander, unfaithful Daughter Israel? The Lord will create a new thing on earth— the woman will return to the man.”

Jeremiah 37:7

“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of me, ‘Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to support you, will go back to its own land, to Egypt.

Jeremiah 46:12

The nations will hear of your shame; your cries will fill the earth. One warrior will stumble over another; both will fall down together.”

Lamentations 4:17

Moreover, our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; from our towers we watched for a nation that could not save us.

Lamentations 5:6

We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

Ezekiel 16:28

You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians too, because you were insatiable; and even after that, you still were not satisfied.

Ezekiel 29:7

When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched.

Hosea 10:6

It will be carried to Assyria as tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be ashamed of its foreign alliances.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence. He makes a treaty with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

Hosea 14:3

Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount warhorses. We will never again say ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion.”

Hosea 5:13

“When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sores, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and sent to the great king for help. But he is not able to cure you, not able to heal your sores.

Hosea 7:11

“Ephraim is like a dove, easily deceived and senseless— now calling to Egypt, now turning to Assyria.