¹⁷ Have you not brought this on yourselves^(A)
    by forsaking^(B) the Lord your God
    when he led you in the way?
¹⁸ Now why go to Egypt^(C)
    to drink water from the Nile^[a]?^(D)
And why go to Assyria^(E)
    to drink water from the Euphrates?^(F)
19 Your wickedness will punish you;
    your backsliding^(G) will rebuke^(H) you.
Consider then and realize
    how evil and bitter^(I) it is for you
when you forsake^(J) the Lord your God
    and have no awe^(K) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.