...thou wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. JER. Ch. ii. V. 13.—For my people have committed two evils. They have forsaken...them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. Let us apply this gracious reply of our Saviour to ourselves, that we may heartily implore him...

...and disregard our eternal and spiritual condition ? Oh, marvel at this — be astonished at this : " My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken...the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out eisterus, hroken cisterns, that can hold no water." " I have sent to them, last of all, my own son,...

...sin or other. And in the 2d of Jeremiah, verse 13, we find sin expressed under the name of evils : For my people have committed two evils ; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and have hewn them out cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water. Secondly ; good and evil, in another...

...their lamentable ignorance in this respect, that " the world by wisdom knew not God," they " forsook the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water." Among "the rabble," reckoned as deities by the Saxons, and " by the like foolery" allowed by...

...of them, that they are lukewarm ; yea, that they resemble the Israelites of whom God complains — " My people have committed two evils, they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and have hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water." They continue to halt between...

...one who acts so deluded a part: but in spiritual things such folly is chargeable upon many of us ; " My people have committed two evils : they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and have hewed them out. cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water !" In further prosecuting this...

...to be desolate at the cry, " Be ye astonished, O ye heavens at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. For my people have...them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water." Here was their sin, that when they knew what God had done for them, and what God was himself...

...will not tolerate their worship of local deities. As the prophet Jeremiah eloquently pleaded, "... My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken...them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water ... As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their...

...naturally produced and sustained by God. It is referring to stored water instead of fresh, flowing water. My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken...them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. Jeremiah 2:13 To store water, much effort and work must go into digging and creating the storage...

...horrified response: "lBe astounded, O heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid; be very desolate, ' says the Lord 'For My people have committed two evils:...have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewn themselves cisterns — broken cisterns that can hold no water'" (Jeremiah 2:12-13). You notice...