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Jeremiah 2:13

World English Bible

“For my people have committed two evils:
they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters,
and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.

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Jeremiah 2:13 in other translations

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.

Jeremiah 2:13 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 2:13 in context

  1. 11Has a nation changed its gods,
    which really are no gods?
    But my people have changed their glory for that which doesn’t profit.
  2. 12“Be astonished, you heavens, at this
    and be horribly afraid.
    Be very desolate,” says Yahweh.
  3. 13“For my people have committed two evils:
    they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters,
    and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
  4. 14Is Israel a slave?
    Is he born into slavery?
    Why has he become a captive?
  5. 15The young lions have roared at him and yelled.
    They have made his land waste.
    His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.