Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
"For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, [the] source of living water, to hew out for themselves cisterns, cracked cisterns that can hold no water.
New American Standard Bible
They have forsaken Me,
The
To hew for themselves
Broken cisterns
That can hold no water.
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
They have abandoned Me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
International Standard Version
"Indeed, my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that cannot hold water."
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
“For My people have committed two evils:
They have abandoned (rejected) Me,
The fountain of living water,
And they have carved out their own cisterns,
Broken cisterns
That cannot hold water.
Bible in Basic English
For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.
Darby Translation
For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water.
Julia Smith Translation
For my people did two evils: they forsook me the fountain of living waters, to hew out for them wells, broken wells which will not hold water.
King James 2000
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed themselves out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Modern King James verseion
For My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me, the Fountain of living waters, to hew out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For my people hath done two evils: They have forsaken me, the well of the water of life; and digged them pits, yea, vile and broken pits, that hold no water.
NET Bible
"Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water."
New Heart English Bible
"For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
The Emphasized Bible
For two wicked things, have my people committed, - Me, have they forsaken a fountain of living water, To hew out for themselves cisterns broken cisterns, that cannot hold water.
Webster
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
World English Bible
"For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Youngs Literal Translation
For two evils hath My people done, Me they have forsaken, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells -- broken wells, That contain not the waters.
Themes
Forsaking » Forsaking the lord
Forsaking God » General references to
Forsaking God » Leads men to follow their own devices
Fountain » Figurative » Of divine grace
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of God
Idolatry » A virtual forsaking of God
Jews, the » National character of » Prone to backsliding
Living waters » The lord being the fountain of living waters
Topics
Interlinear
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`azab
Mayim
Chatsab
Shabar
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 2:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Unfaithfulness Of Contemporary Israel
12 Be appalled, heavens, at this, and shudder; be utterly desolate," {declares} Yahweh. 13 "For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, [the] source of living water, to hew out for themselves cisterns, cracked cisterns that can hold no water. 14 [Is] Israel a slave? Or {a slave born in a house}? Why has he become plunder?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 36:9
For with you is [the] fountain of life; in your light we see light.
Jeremiah 17:13
Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all [those who] forsake you will be put to shame, and [those who] turn aside from you in the earth will be recorded, for they have forsaken the fountain of living water, Yahweh.
John 4:14
But whoever drinks of this water which I will give to him will never be thirsty for eternity, but the water which I will give to him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
Judges 10:13
Yet you have abandoned me and served other gods. Therefore I will no longer deliver you.
1 Samuel 12:10
So they cried out to Yahweh and said, 'We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yahweh and have served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now deliver us from the hand 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 yield to me.
Psalm 115:4-8
Their idols [are] silver and gold, [the] work of human hands.
Psalm 146:3-4
Do not place trust in princes, in a son of humankind with whom there is no deliverance.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
"Vanity of vanities!" says the Teacher, "Vanity of vanities! All [is] vanity!"
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I saw all the works that are done under the sun. Look! Everything [is] vanity and chasing wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Yet when I considered all the effort which I expended and the toil with which I toiled to do, then behold, "Everything [is] vanity and chasing wind! There is nothing profitable under the sun!"
Ecclesiastes 2:21
For although a person may toil with great wisdom and skill, he must leave his reward to someone who has not toiled for it. This also [is] vanity and a great calamity.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to the person who [is] good in his eyes, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and heaping up only to give [it] to [him who is] pleasing to him. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!
Ecclesiastes 4:4
I also realized that all [of the] toil and all [of] the skillful work that is done--it [is] envy between one man and {another}. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!
Ecclesiastes 12:8
"Vanity of vanity!" says the Teacher. "Everything [is] vanity!"
Isaiah 1:3
An ox knows its owner and a donkey the manger of its master. Israel does not know; my people do not understand.
Isaiah 5:13
Therefore my people will go into exile without knowledge, [and] their nobles [will be] men of hunger, and their multitude [is] parched [with] thirst.
Isaiah 44:9-20
All those who form an idol [are] nothing, and their delightful things do not profit. And their witnesses do not see or know, so they will be ashamed.
Isaiah 46:6-7
Those who lavish gold from [the] purse and weigh out silver in the balance scales; hire {a goldsmith} and he makes him a god; they bow down, indeed they bow in worship.
Isaiah 55:2
Why do you weigh out money for [what is] not food, and your labor for {what cannot satisfy}? Listen carefully to me, and eat [what is] good, and let your soul take pleasure in {rich} food.
Isaiah 63:8
And he said, "Surely my people [are] children; they will not break faith." And he became a Savior to them.
Jeremiah 1:16
And I will pass my judgments on them because of all their wickedness [in] that they have forsaken me, and they made sacrifices to other gods, and they bowed in worship to the works of their hands.
Jeremiah 2:11
Has a nation exchanged gods? And they [are] not gods! But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not profit.
Jeremiah 2:17
Did you not do this to yourself, [by] forsaking Yahweh, your God, at the time of your leading in the way?
Jeremiah 2:26
As [the] shame of a thief when he is caught in the act, so the house of Israel will be ashamed. They, their kings, their officials, and their priests, and their prophets.
Jeremiah 2:31-32
O generation, you see the word of Yahweh. Have I been a desert to Israel? Or a land of great darkness? Why do my people say, 'We roam about freely, we will not come again to you'?
Jeremiah 4:22
"For my people [are] foolish, they have not known me. They [are] foolish children, and they do not have insight. They [are] skillful at doing evil, and they do not know [how] to do good."
Jeremiah 5:26
For wicked people are found among my people, they lie in wait like the hiding of fowlers, they set up a trap, they catch humans.
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy {falsely}, and the priests rule {by their own authority}, and my people love [it] so much. But what will you do {when the end comes}?
Jeremiah 15:6
You have forsaken me," {declares} Yahweh. "You go backward, so I have stretched my hand against you, and I have destroyed you. I am tired of becoming remorseful.
Jeremiah 18:14
Does the snow of Lebanon leave from [the] crags of Sirion? Or are [the] cold waters flowing from distant mountains dried up?
Micah 2:8
But {recently} my people have risen up as an enemy; from before the cloak you strip off the robe from those passing by [in] confidence, returning [from] war.
Micah 6:3
"O my people, what have I done to you, and how have I wearied you? Answer me!
John 7:37
Now on the last day of the feast--the great [day]--Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and let him drink,
2 Peter 2:17
These [people] are waterless springs and mists driven by a hurricane, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved.
Revelation 21:6
And he said to me, "It is done! I [am] the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give [water] from the spring of the water of life freely.
Revelation 22:1
And he showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And the one who hears, let him say, "Come!" And the one who is thirsty, let him come. The one who wants, let him take the water of life freely.