Jeremiah 2:18 (WEB)
Now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or why do you go on the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
Fathers and councils · 4
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24Conference XXIV
“Know thou and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing for thee to have left the Lord thy God, and that My fear is not with thee, saith the Lord.”” — editor's note: Jer. ii. 18, 19.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“And what hast thou to do in the way of Asshur, to drink the waters of the rivers?’” — editor's note: Jer. ii. 18.
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Jerome
“It is this Gihon to which Jeremiah points when he says, “What hast thou to do in the way of Egypt to drink the muddy water of Gihon?”” — editor's note: Jer. ii. 18, LXX. and Vulg.
Read the whole comment“…traversing the lonely wastes of the desert where the tracks of the traveller are lost in the yielding sand, I will come to the river of Egypt called Sihor, that is “the muddy river,” and go through the five cities of Egypt which speak the language of Canaan, and through the land of Goshen and the plains of Zoan on…” — editor's note: Jer. ii. 18.
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Cross-references · 15
Parallel passages
Jeremiah 2:18 and Daniel 12:6 share the same wording (9 words).
Jeremiah 2:18 and Daniel 12:7 share the same wording (9 words).
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Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.
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Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.