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Jeremiah speaks at the gate as a group leaves in grief with hands on their heads.
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Jeremiah 2:36-37

Hands on their heads

The Fountain and the Broken Cisterns · Jeremiah 2

Story guide: Foreign alliances will disappoint those who trust them.

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36Why do you wander about so much, changing your course from one ally to another? Egypt will bring you shame too, just as Assyria did.

37You will leave Egypt too with your hands on your head, for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you will not prosper through them.

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