ירמיה 2:36

Hebrew Modern Translation

מה תזלי מאד לשנות את דרכך גם ממצרים תבושי כאשר בשת מאשור׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
מה תזלי מאד לשנות את דרכך גם ממצרים תבשי כאשר בשת מאשור

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
מַה־תֵּזְלִ֥י מְאֹ֖ד לְשַׁנֹּ֣ות אֶת־דַּרְכֵּ֑ךְ גַּ֤ם מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙ תֵּבֹ֔ושִׁי כַּאֲשֶׁר־בֹּ֖שְׁתְּ מֵאַשּֽׁוּר ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
מַה־תֵּזְלִי מְאֹד לְשַׁנּוֹת אֶת־דַּרְכֵּךְ גַּם מִמִּצְרַיִם תֵּבוֹשִׁי כַּאֲשֶׁר־בֹּשְׁתְּ מֵאַשּֽׁוּר ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

gaddest: Jeremiah 2:18, Jeremiah 2:23, Jeremiah 2:33, Jeremiah 31:22, Hosea 5:13, Hosea 7:11, Hosea 12:1

thou also shalt: Jeremiah 37:7, Isaiah 20:5, Isaiah 30:1-7, Isaiah 31:1-3, Lamentations 4:17, Lamentations 5:6, Ezekiel 29:7

as thou wast: 2 Chronicles 28:16, 2 Chronicles 28:20, 2 Chronicles 28:21, Hosea 5:13, Hosea 10:6, Hosea 14:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:11 - that they Genesis 19:30 - for he Genesis 34:1 - the daughter Judges 2:2 - why have Psalms 119:101 - refrained Proverbs 7:12 - General Isaiah 30:5 - General Isaiah 36:9 - and put Isaiah 57:10 - wearied Jeremiah 2:26 - the thief Jeremiah 2:37 - for the Lord Jeremiah 14:10 - have they Jeremiah 22:20 - and cry Jeremiah 30:14 - lovers Ezekiel 16:28 - General Ezekiel 29:6 - a staff Ezekiel 29:16 - the confidence Hosea 2:7 - she shall follow Hosea 4:19 - and

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way?.... Or, "by changing thy way" t; sometimes going one way, and sometimes another; sometimes to Egypt, and then to Assyria; seeking sometimes to the one for help, and sometimes to the other; at one time serving the gods of the one, in order to curry favour with them, and then the gods of the other, like a lascivious woman that gads about from place to place to increase her lovers, and satisfy her lust. The Vulgate Latin version is, "how exceeding vile art thou become, changing thy ways"; and so Jarchi says, the word תזלי signifies "contempt", or "vileness": deriving it from זול, or זלל, to be "vile" or "contemptible"; and to this sense are the Septuagint and Arabic versions; but Kimchi derives it from אזל, to go; to which our version and others agree:

thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt; as they were in the times of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim, when Pharaohnecho king of Egypt took the former, and put him in bands, and carried him into Egypt; and set the latter upon the throne, and took tribute of him, for which the land was taxed, 2 Kings 23:33

as thou wast ashamed of Assyria; in the times of Ahaz, who sent to the king of Assyria for help, when Judah was smitten by the Edomites, and invaded by the Philistines; but when he came to him, he distressed him, and strengthened and helped him not, 2 Chronicles 28:16.

t לשנות דרכיך "mutando viam tuam", Vatablus, Piscator, Junius & Tremellius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To change thy way - The rival parties at Jerusalem looked one to Assyria, the other to Egypt, for safety. As one or other for the time prevailed, the nation “changed its way,” sending its embassies now eastward to Nineveh, now westward to Memphis.

Thou also ... - literally, also of Egypt “shalt thou be ashamed.” This was literally fulfilled by the failure of the attempt to raise the siege of Jerusalem Jeremiah 37:5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 2:36. Why gaddest thou about — When they had departed from the Lord, they sought foreign alliances for support.

1. The Assyrians, 2 Chronicles 28:13-21; but they injured instead of helping them.

2. The Egyptians: but in this they were utterly disappointed, and were ashamed of their confidence.

See Jeremiah 37:7-8, for the fulfilment of this prediction.