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You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />First here, then there— you flit from one ally to another asking for help. But your new friends in Egypt will let you down, just as Assyria did before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />How much you go about, changing your way! You shall be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Why do you gad about so much to change your way? Also you shall be ashamed of Egypt as you were ashamed of Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Why do you go around so much Changing your way? Also, you will be put to shame by Egypt, Just as you were put to shame by Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Why do you go around so much Changing your way? Also, you will be put to shame by Egypt As you were put to shame by Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Why do you go around so much Changing your way? Also, you shall be put to shame by Egypt As you were put to shame by Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Why do you despise <i>Him</i> so much In changing your way? Also, you will be put to shame by Egypt As you were put to shame by Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Why do you go around <i>and</i> wander so much Changing your way? Also, you will be shamed by Egypt As you were shamed by Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be put to shame by Egypt just as you were put to shame by Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be put to shame by Egypt just as you were put to shame by Assyria. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When Assyria let you down, you quickly ran to Egypt, but you'll find no help there, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You change your mind so easily. You will be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You have cheapened yourself by turning to the gods of other nations. You will be disappointed by Egypt, just as you were by Assyria. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Why do you go about changing your mind so much? You will also be disappointed by Egypt, just as you were disappointed by Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Why do you constantly go about changing your political allegiances? You will get no help from Egypt just as you got no help from Assyria. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Why do you go about so much to change your way? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Why dost thou go about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Why do you go about so much to change your ways? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />What? You are very vile to repeat your way, "" You are even ashamed of Egypt, "" As you have been ashamed of Asshur,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> What? thou art very vile to repeat thy way, Even of Egypt thou art ashamed, As thou hast been ashamed of Asshur,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Why wilt thou despise greatly to do the second time thy way? also thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt as thou wert ashamed of Assur.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />How exceeding base art thou become, going the same ways over again! and thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />How exceedingly vile you have become, repeating your ways again and again! And so, you will be ashamed of Egypt, just as you were ashamed of Assur.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />How frivolous you have become in changing your course! By Egypt you will be shamed, just as you were shamed by Assyria. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />How lightly you gad about, changing your ways! You shall be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Why do you gad about so much to change your ways? You shall also be ashamed of Egypt, even as you were ashamed of Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Why do you become very contemptible to repeat your ways? You shall also be ashamed of Egypt as you were ashamed of Assyria<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />How greatly dost thou cheapen thyself To change thy way? Thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, As thou wast ashamed of Asshur.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For thou has been so exceedingly contemptuous as to repeat thy ways; but thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assur.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=625" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Israel's Unfaithfulness</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">35</span>you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’ <span class="reftext">36</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">How</a> <a href="/hebrew/2151.htm" title="2151: tê·zə·lî (V-Qal-Imperf-2fs) -- A primitive root; to shake, i.e. To quake; figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal.">unstable you are,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.">constantly</a> <a href="/hebrew/8138.htm" title="8138: lə·šan·nō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To repeat, do again. A primitive root; to fold, i.e. Duplicate; by implication, to transmute.">changing</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: dar·kêḵ (N-csc:: 2fs) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">your ways!</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/954.htm" title="954: tê·ḇō·wō·šî (V-Qal-Imperf-2fs) -- To be ashamed. A primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. By implication to be ashamed; also to be disappointed or delayed.">You will be disappointed</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: mim·miṣ·ra·yim (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">by Egypt</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer- (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">just as</a> <a href="/hebrew/954.htm" title="954: bō·šət (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To be ashamed. A primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. By implication to be ashamed; also to be disappointed or delayed.">you were</a> <a href="/hebrew/804.htm" title="804: mê·’aš·šūr (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them, its region and its empire.">by Assyria.</a> </span><span class="reftext">37</span>Moreover, 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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/7-11.htm">Hosea 7:11</a></span><br />So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1-3</a></span><br />“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. / They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade. / But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-28.htm">Ezekiel 16:28-29</a></span><br />Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied. / So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-4.htm">2 Kings 17:4</a></span><br />But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">Isaiah 31:1</a></span><br />Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/12-1.htm">Hosea 12:1</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-16.htm">2 Chronicles 28:16</a></span><br />At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-13.htm">Isaiah 57:13</a></span><br />When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-17.htm">Lamentations 4:17</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-5.htm">Ezekiel 23:5-7</a></span><br />Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors / clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds. / She offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-24.htm">Matthew 6:24</a></span><br />No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-8.htm">James 1:8</a></span><br />He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/1-6.htm">Galatians 1:6-7</a></span><br />I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— / which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-3.htm">2 Corinthians 11:3-4</a></span><br />I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ. / For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/3-15.htm">Revelation 3:15-16</a></span><br />I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other! / So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Why gad you about so much to change your way? you also shall be ashamed of Egypt, as you were ashamed of Assyria.</p><p class="hdg">gaddest</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">Jeremiah 2:18,23,33</a></b></br> And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/31-22.htm">Jeremiah 31:22</a></b></br> How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/5-13.htm">Hosea 5:13</a></b></br> When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah <i>saw</i> his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.</p><p class="hdg">thou also shalt</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/37-7.htm">Jeremiah 37:7</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/20-5.htm">Isaiah 20:5</a></b></br> And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1-7</a></b></br> Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: … </p><p class="hdg">as thou wast</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/28-16.htm">2 Chronicles 28:16,20,21</a></b></br> At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/5-13.htm">Hosea 5:13</a></b></br> When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah <i>saw</i> his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/10-6.htm">Hosea 10:6</a></b></br> It shall be also carried unto Assyria <i>for</i> a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/1-16.htm">Account</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-26.htm">Ashamed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">Asshur</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-11.htm">Change</a> <a href="/psalms/85-1.htm">Changing</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-5.htm">Disappointed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-12.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-11.htm">Lightly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-21.htm">Repeat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-26.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-26.htm">Shamed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-28.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-6.htm">Vile</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-5.htm">Wast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-33.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-33.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Account</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Ashamed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-17.htm">Asshur</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-17.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-28.htm">Change</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Changing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-9.htm">Disappointed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-22.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-24.htm">Lightly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-28.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-16.htm">Repeat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Shamed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm">Vile</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-24.htm">Wast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-1.htm">God having shown his former kindness, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm">expostulates with the people on their causeless and unexampled revolt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-14.htm">They are the causes of their own calamities</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">The sins and idolatries of Judah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Her confidence is rejected.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Historically, Israel often vacillated between following God and pursuing alliances with foreign nations. This impulsiveness reflects a lack of faith and trust in God's provision and protection. The Israelites' tendency to change their ways can be seen throughout the Old Testament, such as in the book of Judges, where they repeatedly turned away from God to follow other gods, only to return to Him in times of distress. This behavior is a warning against spiritual instability and the dangers of not being steadfast in one's faith.<p><b>You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.</b><br>This part of the verse highlights the futility of relying on foreign powers for security and deliverance. Historically, Egypt and Assyria were major powers in the ancient Near East, and Israel often sought alliances with them to protect against other threats. However, these alliances frequently led to disappointment and disaster. For example, in <a href="/2_kings/17.htm">2 Kings 17</a>, the alliance with Assyria ultimately resulted in the fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Similarly, reliance on Egypt proved futile, as seen in <a href="/2_kings/24-7.htm">2 Kings 24:7</a>, when Egypt was unable to protect Judah from Babylonian conquest. This serves as a reminder of the importance of relying on God rather than human powers, echoing the biblical theme that true security comes from God alone.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, often rebuked by God through the prophets for their idolatry and unfaithfulness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>A powerful nation to the south of Israel, often seen as a potential ally or refuge by the Israelites, but ultimately unreliable.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyria.htm">Assyria</a></b><br>A dominant empire in the ancient Near East, previously a threat to Israel and Judah, and a symbol of misplaced trust when Judah sought alliances.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who calls His people to faithfulness and warns them against relying on foreign powers instead of Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_unstable_faith.htm">The Danger of Unstable Faith</a></b><br>Just as Judah was criticized for constantly changing its ways, believers today must be wary of wavering in their faith and convictions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/misplaced_trust.htm">Misplaced Trust</a></b><br>The Israelites' reliance on Egypt and Assyria serves as a cautionary tale about placing our trust in worldly powers or solutions instead of God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_vs._human_unreliability.htm">God's Faithfulness vs. Human Unreliability</a></b><br>While human alliances may fail, God's promises remain steadfast. Believers are encouraged to trust in His faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_return.htm">Repentance and Return</a></b><br>The call to recognize our own instability and return to God is as relevant today as it was for Judah. Repentance is key to restoring our relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_history.htm">Learning from History</a></b><br>Understanding the historical context of Judah's alliances helps us see the importance of learning from past mistakes to avoid repeating them.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(36) <span class= "bld">Why gaddest thou . . .?</span>--The vigorous English expresses well, perhaps even with some added force, the frequentative force of the Hebrew. What meant this perpetual change of policy, this shifting of alliances? Shame and confusion should follow from the alliance with Nechoh, as it had followed from that with Tiglath-pileser (<a href="/2_kings/16-10.htm" title="And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.">2Kings 16:10</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/28-20.htm" title="And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.">2Chronicles 28:20</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 36.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Why gaddest thou about so much</span> - many render, <span class="accented">Why runnest thou so quickly</span>; but the verb simply means to go, and it is enough to refer to foreign embassies, such as are alluded to in this very chapter (ver. 18) - <span class="cmt_word">to change thy way</span>? The "way" or policy of Judah was "changed," according as the party in power favored an Egyptian or an Assyrian alliance. <span class="cmt_word">Thou also shalt be ashamed of</span>; rather, <span class="accented">thou shalt also be brought to shame through</span>. <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>As thou art ashamed of Assyria</span> (correct rendering as before). This is certainly difficult, for in the reign of Josiah it would appear that the political connection with Assyria still continued, Is it possible that Jeremiah, in these words, has in view rather the circumstances of Jehoiakim than those of Josiah? Does he not appear to look back upon Judah's final "putting to shame through Assyria" as a thing of the past? And to what event can this expression refer but to the overthrow of Josiah at Megiddo (so Graf)? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">How</span><br /><span class="heb">מַה־</span> <span class="translit">(mah-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">unstable you are,</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵּזְלִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(tê·zə·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go away, to disappear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">constantly</span><br /><span class="heb">מְאֹ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(mə·’ōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3966.htm">Strong's 3966: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily</span><br /><br /><span class="word">changing</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשַׁנּ֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šan·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8138.htm">Strong's 8138: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fold, duplicate, to transmute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your ways!</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּרְכֵּ֑ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(dar·kêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You will be disappointed</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵּב֔וֹשִׁי</span> <span class="translit">(tê·ḇō·wō·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_954.htm">Strong's 954: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by Egypt</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙</span> <span class="translit">(mim·miṣ·ra·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><br /><span class="word">just as</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you [were]</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹּ֖שְׁתְּ</span> <span class="translit">(bō·šət)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_954.htm">Strong's 954: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by Assyria.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאַשּֽׁוּר׃</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’aš·šūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_804.htm">Strong's 804: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ashshur</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Jeremiah 2:36 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Jeremiah 2:36 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Jeremiah 2:36 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Jeremiah 2:36 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Jeremiah 2:36 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Jeremiah 2:36 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Jeremiah 2:36 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Jeremiah 2:36 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Jeremiah 2:36 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Jeremiah 2:36 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/2-36.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 2:36 Why go you about so much (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 2:35"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2:35" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/2-37.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 2:37"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2:37" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>