12 Be horrified at this, heavens;(A)
be shocked and utterly appalled.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

13 For My people have committed a double evil:
They have abandoned Me,(B)
the fountain of living water,(C)
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.(D)

Consequences of Apostasy

14 Is Israel a slave?
Was he born into slavery?[a]
Why else has he become a prey?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:14 Lit born of a house

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