Jer 2:18, Eze 17:15 | ESV | STEP | And now what do you gain by going to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile ? Or what do you gain by going to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates ?

Jeremiah 2:18

18 ^aAnd now what do you gain by going to Egypt
to drink the waters of ^bthe Nile?
^cOr what do you gain by going to Assyria
to drink the waters of ^dthe Euphrates? ^{▼▼Hebrew the River}

Ezekiel 17:15

15 ^fBut he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors ^gto Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. ^hWill he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he ⁱbreak the covenant and yet escape?