Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

Bible References

Gaddest

Jeremiah 2:18
And now, what have you to do on the way to Egypt, to get your drink from the waters of the Nile? or what have you to do on the way to Assyria, to get your drink from the waters of the River?
Jeremiah 31:22
How long will you go on turning this way and that, O wandering daughter? for the Lord has made a new thing on the earth, a woman changed into a man.
Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.
Hosea 7:11
And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Hosea 12:1
Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.

Thou also shalt

Jeremiah 37:7
The Lord, the God of Israel, has said: This is what you are to say to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from me: See, Pharaoh's army, which has come out to your help, will go back to Egypt, to their land.
Isaiah 20:5
And they will be full of fear, and will no longer have faith in Ethiopia which was their hope, or in Egypt which was their glory.
Isaiah 30:1
Ho! uncontrolled children, says the Lord, who give effect to a purpose which is not mine, and who make an agreement, but not by my spirit, increasing their sin:
Isaiah 31:1
Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;
Lamentations 4:17
Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.
Lamentations 5:6
We have given our hands to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians so that we might have enough bread.
Ezekiel 29:7
When they took a grip of you in their hands, you were crushed so that their arms were broken: and when they put their weight on you for support, you were broken and all their muscles gave way.

As thou wast

2 Chronicles 28:16
At that time King Ahaz sent for help to the king of Assyria.
Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.
Hosea 10:6
And they will take it to Assyria and give it to the great king; shame will come on Ephraim, and Israel will be shamed because of its image.
Hosea 14:3
Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.

General references

Proverbs 7:12
Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.
Isaiah 30:5
For they have all come with offerings to a people of no use to them, in whom is no help or profit, but only shame and a bad name.
Ezekiel 16:28
And you went with the Assyrians, because of your desire which was without measure; you were acting like a loose woman with them, and still you had not enough.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain