16. Likewise, the sons of Memphis and of Tahpanhes have defiled you, even to the top of the head.
17. Has this not been done to you because you abandoned the Lord your God, in that time when he was leading you by the way?
18. And now what do you want from the way of Egypt, but to drink their turbid water? And what do you want from the way of the Assyrians, but to drink the water of their river?
19. Your own malice will reprove you, and your own apostasy will rebuke you! But know and perceive this: it is an evil and bitter thing for you to forsake the Lord your God, and to be without my fear within you, says the Lord, the God of hosts.