Jeremiah 2:14-19
New International Version
14 Is Israel a servant, a slave(A) by birth?
Why then has he become plunder?
15 Lions(B) have roared;
they have growled at him.
They have laid waste(C) his land;
his towns are burned(D) and deserted.(E)
16 Also, the men of Memphis(F) and Tahpanhes(G)
have cracked your skull.
17 Have you not brought this on yourselves(H)
by forsaking(I) the Lord your God
when he led you in the way?
18 Now why go to Egypt(J)
to drink water from the Nile[a]?(K)
And why go to Assyria(L)
to drink water from the Euphrates?(M)
19 Your wickedness will punish you;
your backsliding(N) will rebuke(O) you.
Consider then and realize
how evil and bitter(P) it is for you
when you forsake(Q) the Lord your God
and have no awe(R) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew Shihor; that is, a branch of the Nile
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