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Jeremiah 2:18

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18 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 Euphra'tes?
18 Now why go to Egypt to drink water from the Nile ? And why go to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates?
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