Jeremiah 2:13

Good News Translation

for my people have committed two sins: they have turned away from me, the spring of fresh water, and they have dug cisterns, cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all.

Cross References

2 Kings 22:17

They have rejected me and have offered sacrifices to other gods, and so have stirred up my anger by all they have done. My anger is aroused against Jerusalem, and it will not die down.

Psalm 36:9

You are the source of all life, and because of your light we see the light.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen everything done in this world, and I tell you, it is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

It is useless, useless, said the Philosopher. Life is useless, all useless.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Useless, useless, said the Philosopher. It is all useless.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I thought about all that I had done and how hard I had worked doing it, and I realized that it didn't mean a thing. It was like chasing the wind—of no use at all.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

You work for something with all your wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and then you have to leave it all to someone who hasn't had to work for it. It is useless, and it isn't right!

Ecclesiastes 2:26

God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness to those who please him, but he makes sinners work, earning and saving, so that what they get can be given to those who please him. It is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have also learned why people work so hard to succeed: it is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is useless. It is like chasing the wind.

Isaiah 1:3

Cattle know who owns them, and donkeys know where their master feeds them. But that is more than my people Israel know. They don't understand at all.”

Isaiah 1:4

You are doomed, you sinful nation, you corrupt and evil people! Your sins drag you down! You have rejected the Lord, the holy God of Israel, and have turned your backs on him.

Isaiah 12:3

As fresh water brings joy to the thirsty, so God's people rejoice when he saves them.”

Isaiah 5:13

and so you will be carried away as prisoners. Your leaders will starve to death, and the common people will die of thirst.

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend money on what does not satisfy? Why spend your wages and still be hungry? Listen to me and do what I say, and you will enjoy the best food of all.

Isaiah 63:8

The Lord said, “They are my people; they will not deceive me.” And so he saved them

Jeremiah 1:16

I will punish my people because they have sinned; they have abandoned me, have offered sacrifices to other gods, and have made idols and worshiped them.

Jeremiah 14:3

The rich people send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; they come back with their jars empty. Discouraged and confused, they hide their faces.

Jeremiah 15:6

You people have rejected me; you have turned your backs on me. So I reached out and crushed you because I was tired of controlling my anger.

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, you are Israel's hope; all who abandon you will be put to shame. They will disappear like names written in the dust, because they have abandoned you, the Lord, the spring of fresh water.

Jeremiah 18:14

Are Lebanon's rocky heights ever without snow? Do its cool mountain streams ever run dry?

Jeremiah 19:4

I am going to do this because the people have abandoned me and defiled this place by offering sacrifices here to other gods—gods that neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah have known anything about. They have filled this place with the blood of innocent people,

Jeremiah 2:11

No other nation has ever changed its gods, even though they were not real. But my people have exchanged me, the God who has brought them honor, for gods that can do nothing for them.

Jeremiah 2:17

Israel, you brought this on yourself! You deserted me, the Lord your God, while I was leading you along the way.

Jeremiah 2:26

The Lord says, “Just as a thief is disgraced when caught, so all you people of Israel will be disgraced—your kings and officials, your priests and prophets.

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord says, “My people are stupid; they don't know me. They are like foolish children; they have no understanding. They are experts at doing what is evil, but failures at doing what is good.”

Jeremiah 5:26

“Evildoers live among my people; they lie in wait like those who lay nets to catch birds, but they have set their traps to catch people.

Jeremiah 5:31

prophets speak nothing but lies; priests rule as the prophets command, and my people offer no objections. But what will they do when it all comes to an end?”

Ezekiel 14:5

All those idols have turned the Israelites away from me, but by my answer I hope to win back their loyalty.

Ezekiel 47:1

The man led me back to the entrance of the Temple. Water was coming out from under the entrance and flowing east, the direction the Temple faced. It was flowing down from under the south part of the Temple past the south side of the altar.

Micah 2:8

The Lord replies, “You attack my people like enemies. Men return from battle, thinking they are safe at home, but there you are, waiting to steal the coats off their backs.

Micah 6:3

The Lord says, “My people, what have I done to you? How have I been a burden to you? Answer me.

Zechariah 13:1

“When that time comes,” says the Lord Almighty, “a fountain will be opened to purify the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem from their sin and idolatry.

John 4:10

Jesus answered, “If you only knew what God gives and who it is that is asking you for a drink, you would ask him, and he would give you life-giving water.”

John 4:11

“Sir,” the woman said, “you don't have a bucket, and the well is deep. Where would you get that life-giving water?

John 4:14

but those who drink the water that I will give them will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give them will become in them a spring which will provide them with life-giving water and give them eternal life.”

John 7:37

On the last and most important day of the festival Jesus stood up and said in a loud voice, “Whoever is thirsty should come to me, and

Deuteronomy 31:16

The Lord said to Moses, “You will soon die, and after your death the people will become unfaithful to me and break the covenant that I made with them. They will abandon me and worship the pagan gods of the land they are about to enter.

2 Peter 2:17

These people are like dried-up springs, like clouds blown along by a storm; God has reserved a place for them in the deepest darkness.

Revelation 21:6

And he said, “It is done! I am the first and the last, the beginning and the end. To anyone who is thirsty I will give the right to drink from the spring of the water of life without paying for it.

Revelation 22:1

The angel also showed me the river of the water of life, sparkling like crystal, and coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Revelation 22:17

The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come!” Everyone who hears this must also say, “Come!” Come, whoever is thirsty; accept the water of life as a gift, whoever wants it.

Judges 10:13

But you still left me and worshiped other gods, so I am not going to rescue you again.

1 Samuel 12:10

Then they cried to the Lord for help and said, ‘We have sinned, because we turned away from you, Lord, and worshiped the idols of Baal and Astarte. Rescue us from our enemies, and we will worship you!’