Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and have digged to themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and ye gates thereof, be very desolate, saith the Lord.
14Is Israel a bondman, or a homeborn slave? why then is he become prey?
Cross References
Judges 10:13And yet you have forsaken me, and have worshipped strange gods: therefore I will deliver you no more:
2 Kings 22:17Because they have forsaken me, and have sacrificed to strange gods, provoking me by all the works of their hands: therefore my indignation shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
Psalms 81:11For I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Psalms 146:3Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.
Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:21For when a man laboureth in wisdom, and knowledge, and carefulness, he leaveth what he hath gotten to an idle man: so this also is vanity, and a great evil.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:10-14
Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 629.) 9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord , and with your children's children will I plead. 10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord . 13 For my… Read the whole commentary →