Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; Me have they forsaken, the fountain of living water, And they have hewn out for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this! Shudder, and be amazed! saith Jehovah.
14Is Israel a slave? Is he a home-born servant? Why then hath he become a spoil?
Cross References
Psalms 81:11But my people would not listen to my voice, And Israel would not hearken to me.
Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, In the son of man, in whom is no help!
Ecclesiastes 1:14I saw all the things which are done under the sun; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:21For there is a man whose labor has been with wisdom and knowledge and skill; yet to a man who hath not labored for it must he leave it as his portion. 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 →