Jeremiah 2:36 “How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disa…”

Jeremiah 2:36

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Why do you go about so much to change your ways? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Why runnest thou about so much to change thy waies? for thou shalt be confounded of Egypt, as thou art confounded of Asshur.

Darby Translation

Why dost thou gad about so much, and change thy way? Thou shalt also be brought to shame by Egypt, as thou wast brought to shame by Assyria.

Young's Literal Translation

What? thou art very vile to repeat thy way, Even of Egypt thou art ashamed, As thou hast been ashamed of Asshur,

Bible in Basic English

Why do you go about so much for the purpose of changing your way? you will be shamed on account of Egypt, as you were shamed on account of Assyria.

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Cross references

“gaddest”

Jeremiah 31:22 Hosea 5:13 Jeremiah 2:23 Hosea 12:1 Jeremiah 2:18 Jeremiah 2:33

Jeremiah 31:22 · BSB

How 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 5:13 · BSB

When 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.

Jeremiah 2:23 · BSB

“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,

Hosea 12:1 · BSB

Ephraim feeds on 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 2:18 · BSB

Now 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 ?

Jeremiah 2:33 · BSB

How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.

“thou also shalt”

Jeremiah 37:7 Isaiah 20:5 Isaiah 30:1–7 Lamentations 4:17 Lamentations 5:6 Ezekiel 29:7

Jeremiah 37:7 · BSB

“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.

Isaiah 20:5 · BSB

Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

Isaiah 30:1–7 · BSB

“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.

Lamentations 4:17 · BSB

All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

Lamentations 5:6 · BSB

We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

Ezekiel 29:7 · BSB

When 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.

“as thou wast”

2 Chronicles 28:16 Hosea 10:6 Hosea 14:3 2 Chronicles 28:20 2 Chronicles 28:21

2 Chronicles 28:16 · BSB

At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.

Hosea 10:6 · BSB

Yes, 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.

Hosea 14:3 · BSB

Assyria 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.”

2 Chronicles 28:20 · BSB

Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.

2 Chronicles 28:21 · BSB

Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

35you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

37Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”

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