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Summary
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.
For my
The fountain
Broken cisterns
General references
Bible References
For my
Jeremiah 2:31 “O generation, heed the word of the Lord.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or aland of thick darkness?
Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam;
We will no longer come to You’?
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or a
Why do My people say, ‘
We will no longer come to You’?
Jeremiah 4:22 “For My people are foolish,
They know Me not;
They are stupid children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd todo evil,
But to do good they do not know.”
They know Me not;
They are stupid children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd to
But to do good they do not know.”
Jeremiah 5:26 ‘For wicked men are found among My people,
Theywatch like fowlers lying in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.
They
They set a trap,
They catch men.
Psalm 81:11 “But My people did not listen to My voice,
And Israel did notobey Me.
And Israel did not
Isaiah 1:3 “An ox knows its owner,
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israeldoes not know,
My peopledo not understand.”
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israel
My people
Isaiah 5:13 Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge;
Andtheir honorable men are famished,
And their multitude is parched with thirst.
And
And their multitude is parched with thirst.
Isaiah 63:8 For He said, “Surely, they are My people,
Sons who will not deal falsely.”
So He became theirSavior.
Sons who will not deal falsely.”
So He became their
Micah 2:8 “Recently My people have arisen as an enemy—
Youstrip the robe off the garment
Fromunsuspecting passers-by,
From those returned from war.
You
From
From those returned from war.
Micah 6:3 “My people, what have I done to you,
Andhow have I wearied you? Answer Me.
And
The fountain
Jeremiah 17:13 O Lord, the hope of Israel,
All whoforsake You will be put to shame.
Those who turnaway on earth will be written down,
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.
All who
Those who turn
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.
Jeremiah 18:14 ‘Does the snow of Lebanon forsake the rock of the open country?
Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever snatched away?
Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever snatched away?
Psalm 36:9 For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light.
In Your light we see light.
John 4:14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
John 7:37
Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
Revelation 21:6
Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost.
Revelation 22:1
Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Broken cisterns
Jeremiah 2:11 “Has a nation changed gods
Whenthey were not gods?
But My people havechanged their glory
For that which does not profit.
When
But My people have
For that which does not profit.
Psalm 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold,
Thework of man’s hands.
The
Psalm 146:3 Do not trust in princes,
Inmortal man, in whom there is no salvation.
In
Ecclesiastes 1:2 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
“Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”
“
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “all is vanity!”
Isaiah 44:9
Those who fashion a graven image are all of them futile, and their precious things are of no profit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.
Isaiah 46:6 “Those who lavish gold from the purse
And weigh silver on the scale
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
Theybow down, indeed they worship it.
And weigh silver on the scale
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They
Isaiah 55:2 “Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, andeat what is good,
Anddelight yourself in abundance.
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and
And
2 Peter 2:17
These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved.
General references
Judges 10:13
Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer deliver you.
2 Kings 21:22
So he forsook the Lord, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.
Hosea 6:10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;
Ephraim’sharlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself.
Ephraim’s
Jonah 2:8 “Those who regard vain idols
Forsake their faithfulness,
Forsake their faithfulness,