Jeremiah, chapter 2.36-37
interpretation - meaning - commentary - explanation
Jeremiah 2.36-37 "Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them."
The Book of Jeremiah is a great book of prophecies, and in it, among other things, prophecies about the fall of Israel, Egypt or Babylon. The above text may not exactly be a prophecy from the full event, but certainly the words were fulfilled 100 percent.
Explanation for those who have not read the Scriptures:
Israel in the Bible means the entire Jewish people "Judea and Israel from the north," as well as "only Israel from the north." These terms occur alternately even in a single chapter, so people unfamiliar with the Bible can sometimes have trouble interpreting them correctly. In most cases, the word Israel means the Jewish people.
Judah / Judea is the southern part of Israel, which was divided after Solomon's death. Fratricidal wars broke out between the two kingdoms, as well as mutual alliances.
Israel failed Assyria culturally-religiously and militarily. When Judea was attacked by Israel and the Aramaeans, it turned not to God for help, but to the Assyrian king Tiglat-Pileser, while sending him gold and silver found in the temple of the Lord and in the treasuries of the royal house, 2 Kings 16.7-8 "So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria." Although the enemy was repulsed, the move was disastrous in its consequences. Israel to the north was soon destroyed and the population displaced, while Judea was notoriously harassed by the Assyrians, who after a time besieged Jerusalem. The alliance to save Judea from defeat was partly the cause of their downfall, although the main blame lies with the Judeans themselves, who abandoned God.
The Jewish people, when they were faithful to the Creator, had full support from Him, but they preferred to indulge in other pagan beliefs. They began offering child sacrifices to the gods, practicing black magic, the true God ceased to matter to them. Cooperation with pagans plunged the entire nation into religious poverty.
Judea also made alliances with Egypt, which always ended tragically for it. First Egypt was unable to defeat Assyria and succumbed to its strength itself, only to be defeated the next time by Babylon. Jerusalem along with the Temple during the Babylonian invasion was razed to the ground.
