Jeremiah 2:13
For Ami have committed shtayim ra'ot (two evils): 1 they have forsaken Me, the fountain of Mayim Chayim, 1 and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, 1 that can hold no mayim. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12Be appalled, O ye Shomayim, at this, 1 and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Hashem. 1
14Is Yisroel an eved? 1 Is he a homeborn slave? 1 Why has he become plunder? 1
Cross References
Judges 10:13Yet ye have forsaken Me, and served elohim acherim; so I will not continue to save you.
2 Kings 22:17Because they have forsaken Me, and have burned ketoret unto elohim acherim, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore My wrath shall be kindled against this makom (place), and shall not be quenched.
Psalms 81:11I am Hashem Eloheicha 1 Who brought thee out of Eretz Mitzrayim; 1 open thy mouth wide, I will fill it. 1
Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, 1 nor in the ben adam, in whom there is no teshuah (salvation). 1
Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the ma'asim that are done under the shemesh; and, hinei, all is hevel and chasing after ruach (wind). 1
Ecclesiastes 2:21For there is an adam whose amal is with chochmah, and da'as, and kishron (skill); yet to an adam that hath not worked for it he must leave it for his chelek. This also is hevel and a ra'ah rabbah.
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 →