Jeremiah 2:18
Context| NETBible | What good will it do you 1 then 2 to go down to Egypt to seek help from the Egyptians? 3 What good will it do you 4 to go over to Assyria to seek help from the Assyrians? 5 |
| XREF | Jos 13:3; 2Ki 16:7-9; 2Ch 28:20,21; Isa 30:1-7; Isa 31:1; Jer 2:36; Jer 37:5-10; La 4:17; Eze 17:15; Ho 5:13; Ho 7:11 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “What to you to the way.” 2 tn The introductory particle וְעַתָּה (vÿ’attah, “and now”) carries a logical, not temporal, connotation here (cf. BDB 274 s.v. עַתָּה 2.b). 3 tn Heb “to drink water from the Shihor [a branch of the Nile].” The reference is to seeking help through political alliance with Egypt as opposed to trusting in God for help. This is an extension of the figure in 2:13. 4 tn Heb “What to you to the way.” 5 tn Heb “to drink water from the River [a common designation in biblical Hebrew for the Euphrates River].” This refers to seeking help through political alliance. See the preceding note. |
