Jeremiah 2:16-18

International Children’s Bible

¹⁶ The men from the Egyptian cities of Memphis and Tahpanhes
    have disgraced you by shaving the top of your head.
¹⁷ You have brought this on yourselves.
    You turned away from me, the Lord your God,
    when I led you in the way.
¹⁸ It did not help to go to Egypt
    and drink from the Shihor River.
It did not help to go to Assyria
    and drink from the Euphrates River.