And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
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Gill's Exposition
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee,.... That is, either their wickedness in going to Egypt and Assyria, and the ill success they had in so doing might be an instruction to them to act otherwise,…
Barnes' Notes
Sihor - The Nile. To lean upon Egypt was a violation of the principles of theocracy. The two rivers are the two empires, and to drink their waters is to adopt their principles and religion. Compare…
The prophet, further to evince the folly of their forsaking God, shows them what mischiefs they had already brought upon themselves by so doing; it had already cost them dear, for to this were owing…
Cambridge Bible
what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt The thought is the same as that expressed in Isa 30:1-3. Ever since the time when Psammetichus I (b.c. 663 610), king of Egypt, reduced under his own sway the…
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