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Jeremiah 2:13 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 2 · verse 13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.Jeremiah 2:13 · King James Version
Jeremiah 2:13 in context
11Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
14Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
15The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Commentary
Cross references
- John 4:14
- John 7:37
- Revelation 21:6
- Jeremiah 17:13
- Psalms 36:9
- Revelation 22:1
- Revelation 22:17
- Isaiah 55:2
Key words (Strong's)
- committedʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- forsakenʻâzabto loosenH5800 →
- fountainmâqôwrproperly, something dugH4726 →
- cisternsbôʼra cisternH877 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- livingchayaliveH2416 →
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The prophet, having shown their base ingratitude in forsaking God, here shows their unparalleled fickleness and folly (Jer 2:9): I will yet plead with you. Note, Before God punishes sinners he pleads with them, to bring them to repentance.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-13