Jeremiah 2:13

The Unfaithfulness Of Contemporary Israel

¹² “Be appalled, O heavens, at this,
And shudder, be very desolate,” declares the Lord.
¹³ “For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me,
The fountain of living waters,
To hew for themselves cisterns,
Broken cisterns
That can hold no water.
¹⁴ “Is Israel a slave? Or is he a homeborn servant?
Why has he become a prey?

Broken Cisterns

Fountain of Life

Fountain of Living Waters

Living Water

My People

Water of Life

Spring Of Living Water

No

Psalm 36:9

For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light.

Jeremiah 17:13

O Lord, the hope of Israel,
All who forsake You will be put to shame.
Those who turn away on earth will be written down,
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.

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.”

Judges 10:13

Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer deliver you.

1 Samuel 12:10

They cried out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned because we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You.’

Psalm 81:11-13

“But My people did not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not obey Me.

Psalm 115:4-8

Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.

Psalm 146:3-4

Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
“Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.

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 2:21

When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

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 1:3

“An ox knows its owner,
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israel does not know,
My people do not understand.”

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge;
And their honorable men are famished,
And their multitude is parched with thirst.

Isaiah 44:9-20

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 46:6-7

“Those who lavish gold from the purse
And weigh silver on the scale
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They bow down, indeed they worship it.

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, and eat what is good,
And delight yourself in abundance.

Isaiah 63:8

For He said, “Surely, they are My people,
Sons who will not deal falsely.”
So He became their Savior.

Jeremiah 1:16

I will pronounce My judgments on them concerning all their wickedness, whereby they have forsaken Me and have offered sacrifices to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.

Jeremiah 2:11

“Has a nation changed gods
When they were not gods?
But My people have changed their glory
For that which does not profit.

Jeremiah 2:17

“Have you not done this to yourself
By your forsaking the Lord your God
When He led you in the way?

Jeremiah 2:26

“As the thief is shamed when he is discovered,
So the house of Israel is shamed;
They, their kings, their princes
And their priests and their prophets,

Jeremiah 2:31-32

“O generation, heed the word of the Lord.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or a land of thick darkness?
Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam;
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 to do evil,
But to do good they do not know.”

Jeremiah 5:26

‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers lying in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule on their own authority;
And My people love it so!
But what will you do at the end of it?

Jeremiah 15:6

“You who have forsaken Me,” declares the Lord,
“You keep going backward.
So I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you;
I am tired of relenting!

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?

Micah 2:8

“Recently My people have arisen as an enemy—
You strip the robe off the garment
From unsuspecting passers-by,
From those returned from war.

Micah 6:3

“My people, what have I done to you,
And how have I wearied you? Answer Me.

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.

2 Peter 2:17

These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved.

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,

Revelation 22:17

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost.