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Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
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Worldly Alliances vs. God's Help
Commentators explain that "drinking the waters" of Egypt's Nile and Assyria's Euphrates was a metaphor for Judah seeking political alliances and adopting the principles of these pagan empires. Instead of trusting God as their sole protector, they turned to worldly powers, which was a direct violation of their covenant relationship with Him.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Sihor - The Nile. To lean upon Egypt was a violation of the principles of theocracy.
The two rivers are the two empires, and to drink …
19th Century
Anglican
In the way of Egypt ...? —The rebuke becomes more and more specific. Great rivers were, in the poetry of the prophets, the natural…
Baptist
And now what have you to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor?
"The waters of the Nile;" or, as it may be read, "the…
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16th Century
Protestant
As I have just stated, the Prophet confirms what I said—that the people could not attribute the cause of their evils to others, for they should hav…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And now what have you to do in the way of Egypt By worshipping of idols, in imitation of them; or by sending ambassa…
Is Israel a servant? No, they are the seed of Abraham.
We may apply this spiritually: Is the soul of man a slave? No, it is not; but it has …
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, the prophet magnifies their guilt by noting the stubbornness of their minds.
He does this for two reasons: first, because the…
