וְעַתָּ֗ה מַה־לָּךְ֙ לְדֶ֣רֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם לִשְׁתּ֖וֹת מֵ֣י שִׁח֑וֹר וּמַה־לָּךְ֙ לְדֶ֣רֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר לִשְׁתּ֖וֹת מֵ֥י נָהָֽר׃
און אַצונדערט װי קומסטו אױפֿן װעג קײן מִצרַיִם, צו טרינקען דאָס װאַסער פֿון שיכִֹר? און װי קומסטו אױפֿן װעג קײן אַשור, צו טרינקען דאָס װאַסער פֿון טײַך?
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“What, then, is the good of going to Egypt, etc.” [2:18]. What do you want to have from Egypt? That they should help you? You desired to drink from the river Nile in Egypt and the like. You desire help from the king of Assyria that is of no use to you.
Rashi
what have you to do in the way of Egypt Why do you leave Me and trust in Egypt?
Rashi
to drink the water of the Shihor For they drowned your male children in the Nile. Shihor is the Nile, as it is said: “From the Shihor which is before Egypt,” in the Book of Joshua (13:3).
Rashi
and what have you to do to rebel against Me so that you should be exiled to the way of Assyria, to the other side of the Euphrates River?