Jeremiah 2:18

And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

Ver. 18. And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt?] Why trusteth thou to carnal combinations, which thou hast formerly found to lack in success? wilt thou never be warned of these broken cisterns? or hast thou a mind to be ground to powder between those two millstones of Egypt and Assyria, after whom thou hankerest? Psalms 146:3, David having entered a caveat against creature confidence, persuades people to trust in God alone. See also Psalms 62:8,10 .

To drink the waters of Sihor,] i.e., Of Nile, called Sihor, of its blackness or muddiness; a and in Greek, Mελας, black. To drink the waters of it here is to draw the Egyptian forces to thine assistance, and, as some think, to partake with them in their superstitions.

To drink of the water of the river,] i.e., Of Euphrates, that river by an eminence.

a Limosus est Nilus et oblimat Aegyptum.