Jeremiah 2:13

King James Version (KJV)

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.

Translations

Jeremiah 2:13 - Amplified Bible

For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the Fountain of living waters, {and} they have hewn for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns which cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 2:13 - 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.

Jeremiah 2:13 - 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.

Jeremiah 2:13 - Darby Bible

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.

Jeremiah 2:13 - English Standard Version

for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.

Jeremiah 2:13 - 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.

Jeremiah 2:13 - La Biblia de las Americas

Porque dos males ha hecho mi pueblo:
me han abandonado a mì,
fuente de aguas vivas,
y han cavado para sì cisternas,
cisternas agrietadas que no retienen el agua.

Jeremiah 2:13 - The Message

Jeremiah 2:13 - New American Standard Bible

"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.

Jeremiah 2:13 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Porque dos males ha hecho Mi pueblo:
Me han abandonado a Mì,
Fuente de aguas vivas,
Y han cavado para sì cisternas,
Cisternas agrietadas que no retienen el agua.

Jeremiah 2:13 - World English Bible

For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Jeremiah 2:13 - Young's Living 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.

Jeremiah 2:13 - Additional Comments

God is saying not only have they abandoned Him, but they have also embraced something totally useless, as a cistern that cannot hold water. The difference between a well and a cistern is a cistern is built to not leak water. So the cistern that leaks is not really a cistern, and the false god is not really a god - it is worthless.

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