Jeremiah 2:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You, my people, have sinned in two ways— you have rejected me, the source of life-giving water, and you've tried to collect water in cracked and leaking pits dug in the ground.

Cross References

2 Kings 22:17

The people of Judah have rejected me. They have offered sacrifices to foreign gods and have worshipped their own idols. I cannot stand it any longer. I am furious.

Psalm 36:9

The life-giving fountain belongs to you, and your light gives light to each of us.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen it all, and everything is just as senseless as chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Nothing makes sense! Everything is nonsense. I have seen it all— nothing makes sense!

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Nothing makes sense. I have seen it all— nothing makes sense.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I thought about everything I had done, including the hard work, and it was simply chasing the wind. Nothing on earth is worth the trouble.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

When we use our wisdom, knowledge, and skill to get what we own, why do we have to leave it to someone who didn't work for it? This is senseless and wrong.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

If we please God, he will make us wise, understanding, and happy. But if we sin, God will make us struggle for a living, then he will give all we own to someone who pleases him. This makes no more sense than chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I realized that we work and do wonderful things just because we are jealous of others. This makes no more sense than chasing the wind.

Isaiah 1:3

Oxen and donkeys know who owns and feeds them, but my people won't ever learn.”

Isaiah 1:4

Israel, you are a sinful nation loaded down with guilt. You are wicked and corrupt and have turned from the LORD, the holy God of Israel.

Isaiah 12:3

With great joy, you people will get water from the well of victory.

Isaiah 5:13

and so his people know nothing about him. That's why many of you will be dragged off to foreign lands. Your leaders will starve to death, and everyone else will suffer from thirst.

Isaiah 55:2

Why waste your money on what isn't really food? Why work hard for something that doesn't satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and you will enjoy the very best foods.

Isaiah 63:8

The LORD rescued his people, and said, “They are mine. They won't betray me.”

Jeremiah 1:16

I will punish my people, because they are guilty of turning from me to worship idols.

Jeremiah 14:3

Rulers send their servants to the storage pits for water. But there's none to be found; they return in despair with their jars still empty.

Jeremiah 15:6

My people, you abandoned me and walked away. I am tired of showing mercy; that's why I'll destroy you

Jeremiah 17:13

You are a spring of water giving Israel life and hope. But if the people reject what you have told me, they will be swept away like words written in dust.

Jeremiah 18:14

The snow on Lebanon's mountains never melts away, and the streams there never run dry.

Jeremiah 19:4

The people of Judah stopped worshipping me and made this valley into a place of worship for Baal and other gods that have never helped them or their ancestors or their kings. And they have committed murder here, burning their young, innocent children as sacrifices to Baal. I have never even thought of telling you to do that.

Jeremiah 2:17

It's all your own fault! You stopped following me, the LORD your God,

Jeremiah 2:26

You and your leaders are more disgraceful than thieves— you and your kings, your priests and prophets

Jeremiah 4:22

I heard the LORD say, “My people ignore me. They are foolish children who do not understand that they will be punished. All they know is how to sin.”

Jeremiah 5:26

A hunter traps birds and puts them in a cage, but some of you trap humans and make them your slaves. You are evil, and you lie and cheat to make yourselves rich. You are powerful

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets give their messages in the name of a false god, my priests don't want to serve me, and you—my own people— like it this way! But on the day of disaster, where will you turn for help?

Ezekiel 14:5

When they hear my message, perhaps they will see that they need to turn back to me and stop worshipping those idols.

Ezekiel 47:1

The man took me back to the temple, where I saw a stream flowing from under the entrance. It began in the south part of the temple, where it ran past the altar and continued east through the courtyard.

Micah 2:8

My people, you have even stolen clothes right off the backs of your unsuspecting soldiers returning home from battle.

Micah 6:3

My people, have I wronged you in any way at all? Please tell me.

Zechariah 13:1

In the future there will be a fountain, where David's descendants and the people of Jerusalem can wash away their sin and guilt.

John 4:10

Jesus answered, “You don't know what God wants to give you, and you don't know who is asking you for a drink. If you did, you would ask me for the water that gives life.”

John 4:11

“Sir,” the woman said, “you don't even have a bucket, and the well is deep. Where are you going to get this life-giving water?

John 4:14

But no one who drinks the water I give will ever be thirsty again. The water I give is like a flowing fountain that gives eternal life.”

John 7:37

On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted, “If you are thirsty, come to me and drink!

Deuteronomy 31:16

The LORD said: Moses, you will soon die. But Israel is going into a land where other gods are worshipped, and Israel will reject me and start worshipping these gods. The people will break the agreement I made with them,

2 Peter 2:17

These people are like dried up water holes and clouds blown by a storm. The darkest part of hell is waiting for them.

Revelation 21:6

Everything is finished! I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will freely give water from the life-giving fountain to everyone who is thirsty.

Revelation 22:1

The angel showed me a river that was crystal clear, and its waters gave life. The river came from the throne where God and the Lamb were seated.

Revelation 22:17

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Everyone who hears this should say, “Come!” If you are thirsty, come! If you want life-giving water, come and take it. It's free!

Judges 10:13

But I'm not going to rescue you any more! You've left me and gone off to worship other gods. If you're in such big trouble, go and cry to them for help!

1 Samuel 12:10

Again your ancestors cried out to the LORD for help. They said, “We have sinned! We stopped worshipping you, our LORD, and started worshipping Baal and Astarte. But now, if you rescue us from our enemies, we will worship you.”