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16 People from Memphis and Tahpanhes[a]
    have smashed the top of your head.
17 This trouble is your own fault.
    The Lord your God was leading you the right way,[b]
    but you turned away from him.
18 People of Judah, think about this:
    How did it help you to go to Egypt and drink from the Nile River?
    How did it help you to go to Assyria and drink from the Euphrates River?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:16 Memphis and Tahpanhes Two cities in Egypt.
  2. Jeremiah 2:17 was leading … way This is not in the ancient Greek version.

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