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18 So why are you on the road to Egypt
    to drink the water of the Shihor?[a]
And why are you on the road to Assyria
    to drink the water of the River?[b]
19 It is your own evil that will bring discipline on you.
Your backsliding will judge you.
Know and see how evil and bitter it is for you
    to forsake the Lord your God,
    to have no fear of me,
declares the Lord God of Armies.

20 Long ago I broke your yoke.
I[c] tore off your chains,
but you said, “I will not serve you!”
Instead, on every high hill
and under every green tree
you sprawl out like a prostitute.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:18 A branch of the Nile
  2. Jeremiah 2:18 That is, the Euphrates
  3. Jeremiah 2:20 The translation follows the Hebrew reading. The Greek Old Testament reads you.