Jeremiah 2:13
11 Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
12 Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
14 Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
15 The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- “For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water.
- BLB
- For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, to hew for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water.
- ÅB
- For to onde ting har mitt folk gjort: Meg har de forlatt, kilden med det levende vann, og hugget seg ut brønner, sprukne brønner som ikke holder vann.
- OTB
- "For mitt folk har begått to synder: De har forlatt meg, kilden til levende vann, og har gravd sine egne sisterner, sprukne sisterner som ikke kan holde vann.
- B1930
- For to onde ting har mitt folk gjort: Mig har de forlatt, kilden med det levende vann, og hugget sig ut brønner, sprukne brønner som ikke holder vann.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 4:14
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
Read in contextJohn 7:37
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
Read in contextRevelation 21:6
And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
Read in contextPsalms 36:9
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
Read in contextRevelation 22:1
Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Read in contextRevelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:2
Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
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