18 And what hast thou now to do in the way of [a]Egypt? to drink the water of Nilus? or what makest thou in the way of Assyria? to drink the water of the [b]River?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:18 To seek help of man, as though God were not able enough to defend thee, which is to drink of the puddles, and to leave the fountain, read Isa. 31:1.
  2. Jeremiah 2:18 To wit, Euphrates.

18 Now why go to Egypt(A)
    to drink water from the Nile[a]?(B)
And why go to Assyria(C)
    to drink water from the Euphrates?(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew Shihor; that is, a branch of the Nile