Jeremiah 2:37

2:37 Moreover, you will come away from Egypt

with your hands covering your faces in sorrow and shame 1 

because the Lord will not allow your reliance on them to be successful

and you will not gain any help from them. 2 

Jeremiah 6:13

6:13 “That is because, from the least important to the most important of them,

all of them are greedy for dishonest gain.

Prophets and priests alike,

all of them practice deceit.

1 tn Heb “with your hands on your head.” For the picture here see 2 Sam 13:19.

2 tn Heb “The Lord has rejected those you trust in; you will not prosper by/from them.”