Jeremiah 2:36
Douay-Rheims
How exceeding base art thou become, going the same ways over again! and thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
Rashi
degrade yourself Heb. תזלי, an expression of degradation.
to change your way To leave Me and to rely on Egypt for aid in the days of Jehoiakim and Zedekiah (infra 37).
to change Heb. לשנות, an expression of change.
as you were ashamed through Assyria Upon whom Ahaz relied and “he oppressed him and did not strengthen him” (II Chron. 28:20).
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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