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

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Psa. 81:11• ¹¹And my people hearkened not to my voice,{HR}And Israel would none of me. (Psa. 81:11)

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Psa. 36:9• ⁹For with thee is the fountain of life:{HR}In thy light shall we see light. (Psa. 36:9)

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John 4:14• ¹⁴but whosoever drinketh of the water which I shall give him, shall in no way thirst forever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water springing up into life eternal. (John 4:14)

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Jer. 2:31‑32• ³¹O generation, mark ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore say my people, We have dominion; we will come no more unto thee?
³²Doth a virgin forget her ornaments, a bride her attire? But my people have forgotten me days without number. (Jer. 2:31‑32)

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Jer. 4:22• ²²For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. (Jer. 4:22)

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Jer. 5:26,31• ²⁶For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.
³¹the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end thereof? (Jer. 5:26,31)

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Psa. 81:11‑13• ¹¹And my people hearkened not to my voice,{HR}And Israel would none of me.
¹²And I gave them up to the revolting of their heart,{HR}That they might walk in their own counsels.
¹³O that my people would hearken unto me,{HR}That Israel would walk in my ways! (Psa. 81:11‑13)

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Isa. 1:3• ³The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. (Isa. 1:3)

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Isa. 5:13• ¹³Therefore my people are gone into captivity, for lack of knowledge; and their honourable men [are] famished, and their multitude [are] parched with thirst. (Isa. 5:13)

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Isa. 63:8• ⁸And he said, Surely they [are] my people, children [that] will not lie; and he became their Saviour. (Isa. 63:8)

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Mic. 2:8• ⁸But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip off the mantle with the garment from them that pass by securely, that are averse from war. (Mic. 2:8)

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Mic. 6:3• ³O my people, what have I done unto thee? Wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me. (Mic. 6:3)

forsaken.

Jer. 2:17• ¹⁷Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, at the time he was leading thee in the way? (Jer. 2:17)

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Jer. 1:16• ¹⁶And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. (Jer. 1:16)

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Jer. 15:6• ⁶Thou hast forsaken me, saith Jehovah, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting. (Jer. 15:6)

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Judg. 10:13• ¹³But ye have forsaken me, and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more. (Judg. 10:13)

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1 Sam. 12:10• ¹⁰And they cried to Jehovah and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and have served the Baals and the Ashtoreths; and now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. (1 Sam. 12:10)

the fountain.

Jer. 17:13• ¹³Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters. (Jer. 17:13)

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Jer. 18:14• ¹⁴Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken? (Jer. 18:14)

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Psa. 36:9• ⁹For with thee is the fountain of life:{HR}In thy light shall we see light. (Psa. 36:9)

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John 4:14• ¹⁴but whosoever drinketh of the water which I shall give him, shall in no way thirst forever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water springing up into life eternal. (John 4:14)

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John 7:37• ³⁷Now in the last, the great, day of the feast Jesus stood and cried, saying, If anyone thirst, let him come unto me and drink. (John 7:37)

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Rev. 21:6• ⁶And he said to me, They are done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To him that is athirst I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely. (Rev. 21:6)

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Rev. 22:1,17• ¹And he showed me a river of water of life bright as crystal proceeding out of the throne of God and the Lamb.
¹⁷And the Spirit and the bride say, Come; and let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come; let him that willeth take life's water freely. (Rev. 22:1,17)

broken cisterns.

Jer. 2:11,26• ¹¹Hath a nation changed its gods? and they are no gods; —but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
²⁶As a thief is ashamed when he is found, so shall the house of Israel be ashamed—they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets— (Jer. 2:11,26)

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Psa. 115:4‑8• ⁴Their idols [are] silver and gold,{HR}Work of hands of man.
⁵A mouth have they, and they speak not;{HR}Eyes have they, and they see not;
⁶Ears they have, and they hear not;{HR}A nose have they, and they smell not;
⁷They have hands, and they feel not;{HR}They have feet, and they walk not;{HR}They utter not with their throat.
⁸Like them are those making them,{HR}Every one who confideth in them. (Psa. 115:4‑8)

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Psa. 146:3‑4• ³Confide not in nobles,{HR}In a son of man in whom is no salvation.
⁴His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth:{HR}In that very day his purposes perish. (Psa. 146:3‑4)

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Eccl. 1:2,14• ²Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher,{HR}Vanity of vanities; the whole [is] vanity.
¹⁴I have seen all the works that are done under the sun;{HR}And, behold, all [is] vanity and a striving after wind. (Eccl. 1:2,14)

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Eccl. 2:11,21,26• ¹¹Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,{HR}And on the labour that I had laboured to do:{HR}And, behold, all [was] vanity and a striving after wind,{HR}And there was no profit under the sun.
²¹For there is a man whose labour [is] with wisdom,{HR}And with knowledge, and with skilfulness;{HR}Yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion.{HR}This also [is] vanity and a great evil.
²⁶For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom,{HR}And knowledge, and joy:{HR}But to the sinner he giveth travail,{HR}To gather and to heap up,{HR}That he may give to him that pleaseth God.{HR}This also [is] vanity and a striving after wind. (Eccl. 2:11,21,26)

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Eccl. 4:4• ⁴Then I saw all labour and every skilful work,{HR}That for this a man is envied of his neighbour.{HR}This also is vanity and a striving after wind. (Eccl. 4:4)

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Eccl. 12:8• ⁸Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher;{HR}All [is] vanity. (Eccl. 12:8)

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Isa. 44:9‑20• ⁹They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses: they see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.
¹⁰Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image [that] is profitable for nothing?
¹¹Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen [are] but men. Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.
¹²The smith [hath] tongs, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; but he is hungry and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.
¹³The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with chalk; he fitteth it with adzes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of man, to remain in the house.
¹⁴When he heweth him down cedars, he also taketh a holm-oak and a terebinth, and he maketh one strong for himself among the trees of the forest; he planteth a mountain-ash, and the rain nourisheth [it].
¹⁵And it shall be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; he kindleth [it] also, and baketh bread; he maketh also a god, and worshippeth [it]; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
¹⁶He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh, he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth [himself], and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the light.
¹⁷And with the residue thereof he maketh a god, his graven image; he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth [it], and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou [art] my god.
¹⁸They have no knowledge and understand not: for he hath plastered their eyes, that they see not; [and] their hearts that they understand not.
¹⁹And none taketh it to his heart, neither [is there] knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and also have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and with the residue thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood?
²⁰He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand? (Isa. 44:9‑20)

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Isa. 46:6‑7• ⁶Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.
⁷They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. (Isa. 46:6‑7)

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Isa. 55:2• ²Wherefore do ye weigh money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. (Isa. 55:2)

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2 Peter 2:17• ¹⁷These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved. (2 Peter 2:17)

• My people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. You will find all through Scripture that that which profits is the great point. If there has been departure from God, has it profited you? The things of time and sense, the business, the duties, and even the cares of life we have to face, but if they eclipse Christ, is it profitable? Ask your own heart. It will say, No! emphatically. That is a striking word-"He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul" (Psa. 106:15). Do you want the world? You shall have it. God never demands devotedness. The two going to Emmaus had to constrain the Lord to come in. Christ will never force His company. They constrained Him to come in, "and he went in to tarry with them" (see Luke 24:13-32). True, the love of Christ constrains us first, but He loves to be valued. la61351 (“Backsliding in Heart” by W.T.P. Wolston)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.

W. Kelly Translation

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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.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)