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For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
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A Two-Fold Folly
Commentators explain that God accuses His people of two distinct but related evils. The first is abandoning Him, the true source of life. The second is actively creating their own worthless substitutes. As John Calvin notes, this reveals a unique madness—it's not just a bad trade, but trading something infinitely valuable for something that is literally broken and useless, offering no satisfaction.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Pagans are guilty of only one sin—idolatry; the covenant-people commit two: they abandon the true God; they serve idols.
Fountain—Not…
19th Century
Anglican
The fountain of living waters. —The word rendered “well,” as in Proverbs 10:11; Proverbs 18:4; “fountain,” as in Psalms…
Baptist
Be astonished, O you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be very desolate, says the LORD. For my people have committed two evils; they ha…
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16th Century
Protestant
If a reason is given here why the Prophet had commanded the heavens to be astonished and terrified, then we must understand the words as For tw…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For my people have committed two evils They had committed more, but two principal ones they were guilty of, mentione…
Before God punishes sinners, he pleads with them, to bring them to repentance. He pleads with us, what we should plead with ourselves. Be afraid to…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, he magnifies their guilt by noting the enormity of their wrongdoing. First, he states his intention, which is judgment: I will still cont…
