Jeremiah 2:18

The Passion Translation

Why, then, would you now go down to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? Why would you go to Assyria to drink from the river Euphrates?

Cross References

Isaiah 23:3

On the great waters your revenue was the grain from the Nile basin. The harvest of the Nile was your revenue. You were merchants who traded with the nations.

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to those who run down to Egypt for help, trusting in the might of their multitude of cavalry, chariots, and riders. Their confident trust is not in the Holy One of Israel, nor do they consult with Yahweh.

Isaiah 7:20

In that day, the Lord will take his “razor,” the hired king of Assyria from beyond the Euphrates, and he will shave your head, your legs, and also your beard, leaving you ashamed and exposed!

Jeremiah 2:36

Look how you cheapen yourself by constantly shifting your course. Egypt will put you to shame just as Assyria did.

Jeremiah 31:22

Faithless one, how long will you hesitate? For Yahweh is creating something new on earth. A woman will rescue a warrior!”

Lamentations 4:17

We strained our eyes continually and looked, watching for help that never came. From our watchtowers we waited for a nation to help, for a nation that could not save us.

Lamentations 5:6

We made a pact with Egypt and Assyria just to have enough food to eat.

Ezekiel 16:28

Still unsatisfied, you prostituted yourself to the Assyrians and played the harlot with them. But even then, you were not satisfied.

Ezekiel 17:15

But he rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar and sent envoys to Egypt to procure himself horses and a large army. Will he get away with that? Will a man who has done this go unpunished? Will he break the treaty and still escape?

Ezekiel 23:30

You have brought all this on yourself because you have played the whore with the nations and have made yourself unfit for my presence by worshiping their idols.

Joshua 13:3

And also all the territory of the Avvites to the south. (The land from the stream of Shihor, at the Egyptian border, as far north as the border of Ekron was considered Canaanite.)