Berean Standard Bible
““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.”
Jeremiah 2 opens God's case against Judah, recalling their early devotion in the wilderness and their later drift into idolatry. Through the prophet God asks what wrong Israel's ancestors found in him.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
“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.
World English Bible (WEB)
“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Porque dos males ha hecho mi pueblo: dejáronme á mí, fuente de agua viva, por cavar para sí cisternas, cisternas rotas que no detienen aguas.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Porque dos males ha cometido mi pueblo: me abandonaron a mí que soy fuente de agua viva, y han cavado para sí cisternas que no pueden ni siquiera retener agua.
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