Jeremiah 2:18

New King James Version

And now why take the road to Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? Or why take the road to Assyria, To drink the waters of the River?

Cross References

Joshua 13:3

from Sihor, which is east of Egypt, as far as the border of Ekron northward (which is counted as Canaanite); the five lords of the Philistines—the Gazites, the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites;

Hosea 7:11

“Ephraim also is like a silly dove, without sense— They call to Egypt, They go to Assyria.

Jeremiah 2:36

Why do you gad about so much to change your way? Also you shall be ashamed of Egypt as you were ashamed of Assyria.

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the Lord!

Hosea 5:13

“When Ephraim saw his sickness, And Judah saw his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria And sent to King Jareb; Yet he cannot cure you, Nor heal you of your wound.

Ezekiel 17:15

But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still be delivered?

Lamentations 4:17

Still our eyes failed us, Watching vainly for our help; In our watching we watched For a nation that could not save us.

Isaiah 7:20

In the same day the Lord will shave with a hired razor, With those from beyond the River, with the king of Assyria, The head and the hair of the legs, And will also remove the beard.

Isaiah 23:3

And on great waters the grain of Shihor, The harvest of the River, is her revenue; And she is a marketplace for the nations.

Ezekiel 16:28

You also played the harlot with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; indeed you played the harlot with them and still were not satisfied.

2 Chronicles 28:16

At the same time King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him.

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you gad about, O you backsliding daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth— A woman shall encompass a man.”

Lamentations 5:6

We have given our hand to the Egyptians And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

Ezekiel 23:30

I will do these things to you because you have gone as a harlot after the Gentiles, because you have become defiled by their idols.