Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Webster Bible
In The 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 home-born slave ? why is he laid waste?
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 to 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 not obey 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 labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored in it, 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 →