which will simply avail itself of water when it becomes available. If a colon after the present one has fallen out, as suggested above (see Rhetoric and Composition), it may have provided further clarification. On the other hand, a lost colon could have been problematic, for which reason it was deleted. If Jeremiah spoke these words just prior to the events of 609 B.C., he could have been giving the king fair warning that his ill-advised venture to Megiddo would keep him from seeing the good of Egypt