Jeremiah

Jeremiah 2:13

¹³“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.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
My people	עַמִּ֑י	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people
have committed	עָשָׂ֣ה	‘ā·śāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
two	שְׁתַּ֥יִם	šə·ta·yim	Number - fd	H8147 two
evils	רָע֖וֹת	rā·‘ō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H7451 bad, evil
They have forsaken Me	עָזְב֜וּ	‘ā·zə·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
the fountain	מְק֣וֹר׀	mə·qō·wr	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4726 spring, fountain
of living	חַיִּ֗ים	ḥay·yîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H2416 alive, living
water	מַ֣יִם	ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
and they have dug	לַחְצֹ֤ב	laḥ·ṣōḇ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H2672 hew, hew out, cleave
their own	לָהֶם֙	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
cisterns	בֹּאר֔וֹת	bō·rō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H877 cistern, pit, well
broken	נִשְׁבָּרִ֔ים	niš·bā·rîm	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural	H7665 break, break in pieces
cisterns	בֹּארֹת֙	bō·rōṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H877 cistern, pit, well
that	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
cannot	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
hold	יָכִ֖לוּ	yā·ḵi·lū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3557 comprehend, contain
water	הַמָּֽיִם׃	ham·mā·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

John 4:14 · John 7:37 · Revelation 21:6 · Jeremiah 17:13 · Psalm 36:9 · Revelation 22:1 · Revelation 22:17 · Isaiah 55:2 · Jeremiah 4:22 · Psalm 81:11–13 · Jeremiah 2:11 · Jeremiah 2:17

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.