18 (A)And now what do you gain by going to Egypt
    to drink the waters of (B)the Nile?
(C)Or what do you gain by going to Assyria
    to drink the waters of (D)the Euphrates?[a]
19 (E)Your evil will chastise you,
    and (F)your apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and (G)bitter
    for (H)you to forsake the Lord your God;
    the fear of me is not in you,
declares the Lord God of hosts.

20 “For long ago I (I)broke your yoke
    and burst your bonds;
    but you said, (J)‘I will not serve.’
Yes, (K)on every high hill
    and under every green tree
    you bowed down (L)like a whore.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew the River

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