Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 2:16
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 16, 17.) The sons of Memphis and Taphne have defiled you, even to the crown. Is it not because you abandoned the Lord your God at the time when He was leading you along the way? This that we have said, is not found in the Septuagint at the time when He was leading you along the way. However, he names two great…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
16Also the children of Memphis and Tahpanhes have known thee, and mocked thee.
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14Is Israel a servant, or a homeborn slave? why has he become a spoil?
15The lions roared upon him, and uttered their voice, which have made his land a wilderness: and his cities are broken down, that they should not be inhabited.
— Jeremiah 2:16 —
17Has not thy forsaking me brought these things upon thee? saith the Lord thy God.
18And now what hast thou to do with the way of Egypt, to drink the water of Geon? and what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of rivers?