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.
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In Context
12The heaven is amazed at this, and is very exceedingly horror-struck, saith the Lord.
14Is Israel a servant, or a homeborn slave? why has he become a spoil?
Cross References
Judges 10:13Yet ye forsook me and served other gods; therefore I will not save you anymore.
2 Kings 22:17because they have forsaken me, and burned 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, 1 And binds up their wounds. 1
Ecclesiastes 1:14I beheld all the works 1 That were wrought under the sun; 1 And, behold, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit. 1
Ecclesiastes 2:21For there is such a man that his labor 1 Is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; 1 Yet this man shall give his portion 1 To one who has not labored therein. 1 This is also vanity and great evil. 1
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 →