Cross references

Jeremiah 2:18

Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt

to drink the waters of the Nile

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What will you gain on your way to Assyria

to drink the waters of the Euphrates

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Jeremiah 2:18 BSB
  1. a Hebrew of Shihor, a branch of the Nile River
  2. b Hebrew the River

Jeremiah 2:18 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Joshua 13:3 (4 votes) and Isaiah 31:1 (3 votes). 29 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Genesis 14 to Luke 15.

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Which verses does Jeremiah 2:18 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;

  2. 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.

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

  4. Hosea 7:113 votes

    So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.

  5. So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.” Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria. …

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

  7. “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. …

  8. Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem. Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet: …

  9. 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.

  10. But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’

  11. Hosea 5:132 votes

    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.

Which verses point to Jeremiah 2:18?

The 10 strongest of 29.