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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 Evil generation,
pay attention to the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel
or a land of dense darkness?
Why do My people claim,
“We will go where we want;
we will no longer come to You”?
pay attention to the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel
or a land of dense darkness?
Why do My people claim,
“We will go where we want;
we will no longer come to You”?
Jeremiah 4:22 “For My people are fools;
they do not know Me.
They are foolish children,
without understanding.
They are skilled in doing what is evil,
but they do not know how to do what is good.”
they do not know Me.
They are foolish children,
without understanding.
They are skilled in doing what is evil,
but they do not know how to do what is good.”
Jeremiah 5:26 for wicked men live among My people.
They watch like fowlers lying in wait.
They set a trap;
they catch men.
They watch like fowlers lying in wait.
They set a trap;
they catch men.
Psalm 81:11 “But My people did not listen to Me;
Israel did not obey Me.
Israel did not obey Me.
Isaiah 1:3 The ox knows its owner,
and the donkey its master’s feeding trough,
but Israel does not know;
My people do not understand.”
and the donkey its master’s feeding trough,
but Israel does not know;
My people do not understand.”
Isaiah 5:13 Therefore My people will go into exile
because they lack knowledge;
her dignitaries are starving,
and her masses are parched with thirst.
because they lack knowledge;
her
and her
Isaiah 63:8 He said, “They are indeed My people,
children who will not be disloyal,”
and He became their Savior.
children who will not be disloyal,”
and He became their Savior.
Micah 2:8 But recently My people have risen up
like an enemy:
You strip off the splendid robe
from those who are passing through confidently,
like those returning from war.
like an enemy:
You strip off the splendid robe
from those who are passing through confidently,
like those returning from war.
Micah 6:3 My people, what have I done to you,
or how have I wearied you?
Testify against Me!
or how have I wearied you?
Testify against Me!
The fountain
Jeremiah 17:13 Lord, the hope of Israel,
all who abandon You
will be put to shame.
All who turn away from Me
will be written in the dirt,
for they have abandoned
the Lord, the fountain of living water.
all who abandon You
will be put to shame.
All who turn away from Me
will be written in the dirt,
for they have abandoned
the Lord, the fountain of living water.
Jeremiah 18:14 Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave the highland crags?
Or does cold water flowing from a distance ever fail?
Or does cold water flowing from a distance ever fail?
Psalm 36:9 for with You is life’s fountain.
In Your light we will see light.
In Your light we will see light.
John 4:14 But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again—ever! In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up within him for eternal life.”
John 7:37
On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, he should come to Me and drink!
Revelation 21:6
And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give water as a gift to the thirsty from the spring of life.
Revelation 22:1
Then he showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Broken cisterns
Jeremiah 2:11 Has a nation ever exchanged its gods?
(But they were not gods!)
Yet My people have exchanged their Glory
for useless idols.
(But they were not gods!
Yet My people have exchanged their
for useless idols.
Psalm 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.
made by human hands.
Psalm 146:3 Do not trust in nobles,
in man, who cannot save.
in man, who cannot save.
Ecclesiastes 1:2 “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
Ecclesiastes 2:11
When I considered all that I had accomplished and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to a man’s jealousy of his friend. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile.”
Isaiah 44:9 All who make idols are nothing,
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.
Isaiah 46:6 Those who pour out their bags of gold
and weigh out silver on scales—
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.
and weigh out silver on scales—
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.
Isaiah 55:2 Why do you spend money on what is not food,
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.
2 Peter 2:17
These people are springs without water, mists driven by a whirlwind. The gloom of darkness has been reserved for them.
General references
Judges 10:13
But you have abandoned Me and worshiped other gods. Therefore, I will not deliver you again.
2 Kings 21:22
He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and did not walk in the way of the Lord.
Hosea 6:10 I have seen something horrible in the house of Israel:
Ephraim’s promiscuity is there; Israel is defiled.
Ephraim’s promiscuity is there;
Jonah 2:8 Those who cling to worthless idols
forsake faithful love,
forsake faithful love,