Jeremiah 2:13
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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 people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
In other translations
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 people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Hebrew words
כִּי־ki-thatH3588שְׁתַּיִםshetayimtwoH8147רָעוֹתra'otevil thingsH7451עָשָׂה'asahit has doneH6213עַמִּי'amipeople myH5971אֹתִי'oti<obj.> meH853עָזְבוּ'azevuthey have forsakenH5800מְקוֹר׀mekora spring ofH4726מַיִםmayimwaterH4325חַיִּיםchaiyimlivingH2416לַחְצֹבlachtzoto digH2672לָהֶםlahemfor <the> themselvesבֹּארוֹתborotcisternsH877בֹּארֹתborotcisternsH877נִשְׁבָּרִיםnishbarimbrokenH7665אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834לֹא־lo'-notH3808יָכִלוּyakhiluthey containH3557הַמָּיִם׃hamayim<the> waterH4325
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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