Jeremiah 2:13
“For my people haue committed two euils: they haue forsaken me, the fountaine of liuing waters, and hewed them out cisternes, broken cisternes that can hold no water.”
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Jeremiah 2:13 Context
11Hath a nation changed their Gods, which are yet no Gods? but my people haue changed their glory, for that which doth not profit. 12Be astonished, O yee heauens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be yee very desolate, saith the Lord. 13For my people haue committed two euils: they haue forsaken me, the fountaine of liuing waters, and hewed them out cisternes, broken cisternes that can hold no water. 14¶ Is Israel a seruant? is he a home-borne slaue? why is he spoiled? 15The young lyons roared vpon him and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burnt without inhabitant.
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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.
- King James Version
"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water.
- New American Standard Version (1995)