Jeremiah 2:13-19
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for my people have committed two evils:
k they have forsaken l me,
the fountain of m living waters,
and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
broken cisterns that can hold no water.
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n "Is Israel a slave? Is he a homeborn servant?
Why then has he become a prey?
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o The lions have roared against him;
they have roared loudly.
They have made his land a waste;
his cities are in ruins, p without inhabitant.
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Moreover, the men of q Memphis and r Tahpanhes
s have shaved the crown of your head.
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t Have you not brought this upon yourself
by forsaking the Lord your God,
when u he led you in the way?
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v And now what do you gain by going to Egypt
to drink the waters of w the Nile?
x Or what do you gain by going to Assyria
to drink the waters of y the Euphrates?
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z Your evil will chastise you,
and a your apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and b bitter
for c you to forsake the Lord your God;
the fear of me is not in you,
declares the Lord God of hosts.
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Jeremiah 17:13
O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be put to shame; those who turn away from you shall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living water.
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Psalms 36:9
For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.
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John 4:10
Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.
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Exodus 4:22
Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son.
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Jeremiah 4:7
A lion has gone up from his thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; he has gone out from his place to make your land a waste; your cities will be ruins without inhabitant.
Isaiah 5:29
Their roaring is like a lion, like young lions they roar; they growl and seize their prey; they carry it off, and none can rescue.
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Jeremiah 9:11
I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals, and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 46:19
Prepare yourselves baggage for exile, O inhabitants of Egypt! For Memphis shall become a waste, a ruin, without inhabitant.
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Jeremiah 44:1
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros.
Jeremiah 46:14
"Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol; proclaim in Memphis and Tahpanhes; say, 'Stand ready and be prepared, for the sword shall devour around you.'
Ezekiel 30:16
And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and Memphis shall face enemies by day.
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Jeremiah 43:7 - 9
And they came into the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of the Lord. And they arrived at Tahpanhes.
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Deuteronomy 33:20
And of Gad he said, "Blessed be he who enlarges Gad! Gad crouches like a lion; he tears off arm and scalp.
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Jeremiah 4:18
Your ways and your deeds have brought this upon you. This is your doom, and it is bitter; it has reached your very heart.
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Jeremiah 2:6
They did not say, 'Where is the Lord who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land that none passes through, where no man dwells?
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Jeremiah 2:36
How much you go about, changing your way! You shall be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria.
Isaiah 30:1 - 2
Ah, stubborn children," declares the Lord, "who carry out a plan, but not mine, and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin.
Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord!
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Isaiah 23:3
And on many waters your revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile; you were the merchant of the nations.
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Hosea 7:11
Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.
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Genesis 31:21
He fled with all that he had and arose and crossed the Euphrates, and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.
Isaiah 7:20
In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired beyond the River - with the king of Assyria - the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.
Isaiah 8:7
Therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks.
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Isaiah 3:9
For the look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.
Hosea 5:5
The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt; Judah also shall stumble with them.
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Jeremiah 3:22
Return, O faithless sons; I will heal your faithlessness." "Behold, we come to you, for you are the Lord our God.
Jeremiah 5:6
Therefore a lion from the forest shall strike them down; a wolf from the desert shall devastate them. A leopard is watching their cities; everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are great.
Jeremiah 14:7
Though our iniquities testify against us, act, O Lord, for your name's sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.
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Jeremiah 4:18
Your ways and your deeds have brought this upon you. This is your doom, and it is bitter; it has reached your very heart.
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Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
Jeremiah 2:17
Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the Lord your God, when he led you in the way?
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