Jeremiah 2:16-18

New International Reader's Version

¹⁶ The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes
    have cracked your skulls.
¹⁷ Haven’t you brought this on yourselves?
    I am the Lord your God, but you deserted me.
    You left me even while I was leading you.
¹⁸ Why do you go to Egypt
    to drink water from the Nile River?
Why do you go to Assyria
    to drink from the Euphrates River?