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. The Friend - Page 248edited by - 1829Full view - About this book
| Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 308 pages
...the rest of the world, and to which he gave his laws, and intrusted his prophecies, yec they forsook the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, 'broken cisterns, that can hold no wa ter, Jer. ii. 13. This was what influenced christians, more inexcusable in this respect... | |
| 1830 - 334 pages
...precarious cisterns or wells, we understand the force of Jeremiah, ii. 13. My people have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters; and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that hold no water. The vicinity of Kranidi is cultivated to a considerable extent, being chiefly laid out... | |
| John Smalley - 1803 - 448 pages
...Holy One of Israel says, Jcr. ii. 13, " 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." And that such is the folly ol" sinners generally, our Saviour has strikingly represented... | |
| Henry Dimock - 1804 - 360 pages
...be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah ; 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." (But, for inn, which, in this place, does not suit the context, it is probable... | |
| Joseph Bellamy - 1804 - 454 pages
...glory for that which doth not profit: Be astonished, 0 ye heavens, at this. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. And, from the whole, we may see there is the greatest contrariety between the nature... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pages
...away and vanish from their places : 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 ; by worshipping idols and forming alliances with idolatrous princes, they have acted... | |
| Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...anger. Ver. 28. They that forsake the Lord shall be consumed. Jer. ii. 13. My people have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water. See threats to ver. 19. Ver. 19. Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy... | |
| Charles Buck - 1808 - 332 pages
...wilderness, in a land that .was not sown. Ah ! 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." Jer. ii. 2, 14. Mow have they to lament over the coldness of their affections,... | |
| Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 412 pages
...be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. 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. Is Israel a servant ? is he a home-born slave ? why is he spoiled? The young lions... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 438 pages
...that can hold no water. " My people," saith God, " 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." God is a fountain of living water, from whom through the 'Lamb comes that glorious... | |
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