Jeremiah 2:13
For my people has committed two faults, and evil ones: they have forsaken me, the fountain of water of life, and hewn out for themselves broken cisterns, which will not be able to hold water.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
12The heaven is amazed at this, and is very exceedingly horror-struck, says the Lord.
14Is Israel a servant, or a home-born slave? why has he become a spoil?
Cross References
Judges 10:13Yet you⌃ forsook me and served other gods; therefore I will not save you any more.
2 Kings 22:17because they have forsaken me, and burnt incense to other gods, that they might provoke me with the works of their hands: therefore my wrath shall burn forth against this place, and shall not be quenched.
Psalms 146:3He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. 1
Ecclesiastes 1:14I saw all the works that were done under the sun; and, behold, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:21For there is such a man that his labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; yet this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and 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 →