Jeremiah 2:13

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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

Revelation 22:1

Broken cisterns

General references

Bible References

For my

"You, generation, pay attention to this message from the LORD! Am I the desert to Israel, or a land of gloom? Why do my people say, "We're free to roam? We won't come to you anymore.'

"For my people are foolish, they don't know me. They're stupid children, they have no understanding. They're skilled at doing evil, but how to do good, they don't know."

"Evil men are found among my people. They lie in wait like someone who traps birds. They set a trap, but they do so to catch people.

Yet my people didn't obey my voice; Israel didn't submit to me.

The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's feeding trough, but Israel doesn't know, and my people don't understand.

Therefore my people go into exile because they lack understanding; my honored men go hungry, and the crowd is parched with thirst.

For he said, "Surely they are my people, children who won't act falsely." And so he became their savior.

Lately my people have acted like an enemy you strip travelers who thought they were as secure as those who return from war.

"My people, what have I done to you, and how have I offended you? Answer me!

The fountain

LORD, you are the hope of Israel; all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn aside from you will be written in the dust, because they have forsaken the LORD, the spring of living water.

Does the snow of Lebanon ever vanish from its rocky slopes? Or does the cold water from a foreign land ever cease to flow?

For with you is a fountain of life, and in your light we will see light.

But whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never become thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become a well of water for him, springing up to eternal life."

On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

Then he told me, "It has happened! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will freely give a drink from the spring of the water of life to the one who is thirsty.

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal. It was flowing from the throne of God and the lamb.

Broken cisterns

Has a nation ever changed gods when they aren't even gods? But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not profit.

Their idols are silver and gold, crafted by human hands.

Do not look to nobles, nor to mere human beings who cannot save.

"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Absolutely pointless; everything is pointless."

Then I examined all of my accomplishments that I had brought about by my own efforts, including the work that I had labored so hard to complete and it was all pointless, like chasing after the wind, and there was nothing to be gained on earth.

Then I examined all sorts of work, including all kinds of excellent achievements that create envy in others. This also is pointless and chasing after the wind.

"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Everything is pointless."

Now, all the forming of images means nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their own witnesses cannot see, and they know nothing. So they will be put to shame.

Those who pour out gold in a purse, weigh silver in a balance, hire a goldsmith in order to make a god, and then they bow down and even worship it.

Why spend your money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in rich food.

These men are dried-up springs, mere clouds driven by a storm. Gloomy darkness is reserved for them.

General references

But you have abandoned me and served other gods. Therefore I will no longer be delivering you.

As a result, he abandoned the LORD God of his ancestors and did not walk in the LORD's way.

I have seen a horrible evil in the house of Israel Ephraim's promiscuity. Israel is defiled.

Those who cling to vain idols leave behind the gracious love that could have been theirs.