Jeremiah 2:13
For my people haue committed two euils: they haue forsaken mee the fountaine of liuing waters, to digge them pittes, euen broken pittes, that can holde no water.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
12O yee heauens, be astonied at this: bee afraid and vtterly confounded, sayeth the Lord.
14Is Israel a seruaunt, or is hee borne in the house? why then is he spoiled?
Cross References
Judges 10:13Yet ye haue forsaken me, and serued other gods: wherefore I will deliuer you no more.
2 Kings 22:17Because they haue forsaken mee, and haue burnt incense vnto other gods, to anger me with all ye works of their hands: my wrath also shalbe kindled against this place and shall not be queched:
Psalms 81:11But my people would not heare my voyce, and Israel would none of me.
Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sonne of man, for there is none helpe in him.
Ecclesiastes 1:14I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:21For there is a man whose trauaile is in wisdome, and in knowledge and in equitie: yet to a man that hath not trauailed herein, shall he giue his portion: this also is vanitie and a great griefe.
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 →