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Thy way, i.e. thy actions; a metaphor. See Poole "Jer_2:33". Why dost thou shuffle thus with me, to seek auxiliaries any where, rather than to cleave to me, Jer_2:18; See Poole "Isa_52:9", See Poole "Isa_52:10". Or, like strumpets, whose love is never fixed, but sometimes set on one, sometimes on another.
Thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt: thou hast run to Assyria, and then to Egypt, and they shall both make thee ashamed by their disappointing of thee; thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as others have been, Isa_36:6. Or rather, Egypt shall stand thee in no more stead than Assyria hath done, Isa_30:3,5. And how Tilgath-pilneser served them, see 2Ch_28:20. Before Hezekiah’s time the Jews made a league with the Assyrians against the Syrians and the Israelites, and then against the Egyptians; neither prospered. He tells them they must expect no better success from Egypt.