Jeremiah 2:13-15

Christian Standard Bible

¹³For my people have committed a double evil:
They have abandoned me,^(A)
the fountain of living water,^(B)
and dug cisterns for themselves—
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.^(C)

Consequences of Apostasy

¹⁴Is Israel a slave?
Was he born into slavery?^[a]
Why else has he become a prey?
¹⁵The young lions have roared at him;^(D)
they have roared loudly.
They have laid waste his land.^(E)
His cities are in ruins, without inhabitants.

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Footnotes

2:14 Lit born of a house

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