15. “The young lions roared at him, they growled, and made his land waste; his cities have been burned, without inhabitant.
16. “Even the sons of Noph and of Taḥpanḥes have shaven the crown of your head.
17. “Have you not done this to yourself, by forsaking יהוה your Elohim when He led you in the way?
18. “And now why take the way to Mitsrayim, to drink the waters of Shiḥor? Or why take the way to Ashshur, to drink the waters of the River?