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Jeremiah 2:36

How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

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ASV

Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

KJV

Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מַה־mah-why?H4100 →
תֵּזְלִ֥יte.ze.Lido you treat lightlyH235 →
מְאֹ֖דme.'OdexceedinglyH3966 →
לְשַׁנּ֣וֹתle.sha.Notto changeH8138 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
דַּרְכֵּ֑ךְdar.Kekhway yourH1870 →
גַּ֤םgamalsoH1571 →
מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom EgyptH4714 →
תֵּב֔וֹשִׁיte.Vo.o.shiyou will be ashamedH954 →
כַּאֲשֶׁר־ka.'a.Sher-just asH834 →
בֹּ֖שְׁתְּBo.shetyou were ashamedH954 →
מֵאַשּֽׁוּר׃me.'a.Shurfrom AssyriaH804 →

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Jeremiah 31:22How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter a man.”Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.Isaiah 30:5everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”2 Chronicles 28:16At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.2 Chronicles 28:20–21Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.Hosea 12:1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.Jeremiah 2:23“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,Ezekiel 16:28Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.Genesis 19:11And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.Genesis 34:1Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.Judges 2:2and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?Hosea 10:6Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.Ezekiel 29:7When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”Jeremiah 2:18Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?Isaiah 30:1–7“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.Jeremiah 37:7“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.Lamentations 5:6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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