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Jeremiah 2:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Jeremiah 2:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 Yes, the people of Memphis[a] and Tahpanhes
shave the crown of your head.
17 Has not forsaking the Lord, your God,
done this to you?(A)
18 And now, why go to Egypt,[b]
to drink the waters of the Nile?
Why go to Assyria,
to drink the waters of the River?
Footnotes
- 2:16 Memphis: the capital of Lower Egypt. Tahpanhes: a frontier city of Egypt, east of the Delta. Shave the crown of your head: an image for Egypt plundering Judah; perhaps a reference to the capture of King Jehoahaz in 609 B.C. (2 Kgs 23:34).
- 2:18 Egypt and Assyria were the competing foreign powers favored by rival parties within Judah. The desire for such foreign alliances is a further desertion of the Lord, the source of living waters (v. 13), in favor of the above-named powers, symbolized by the waters of the Nile and the Euphrates rivers.
Jeremiah 2:16-18
New International Version
Jeremiah 2:16-18
New International Version
16 Also, the men of Memphis(A) and Tahpanhes(B)
have cracked your skull.
17 Have you not brought this on yourselves(C)
by forsaking(D) the Lord your God
when he led you in the way?
18 Now why go to Egypt(E)
to drink water from the Nile[a]?(F)
And why go to Assyria(G)
to drink water from the Euphrates?(H)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew Shihor; that is, a branch of the Nile
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