Jeremiah 2:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ The children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes have deflowered thee, even to the crown of the head.

¹⁷ Hath not this been done to thee, because thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God at that time, when he led thee by the way?

¹⁸ And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the troubled water? And what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of the river?