Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
King James Version
In Context
12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
14Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
Cross References
Judges 10:13Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.
2 Kings 22:17Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
Psalms 81:11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:21For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for 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 →