 | 1834 - 536 pages
...their lamentable ignorance in this respect, that " the world by wisdom knew not God," they " forsook the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water." Among "the rabble," reckoned as deities by the Saxons, and " by the like foolery" allowed by... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1845 - 628 pages
...owner, and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns which can hold no water" (Jer. ii. ; Isa. i.). A sad picture of baseness, and depravity, and consequent... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1835 - 552 pages
...horribly afraid, 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...cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water." And it is obvious that when men forsake the Bible, they are, upon religious subjects, out at sea, without... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - 1835 - 764 pages
...horribly afraid; be ye very desolate, saith the Lord : my people have committed two evils, they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed...cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water." And thus it is, and ever will be, with the carnal and unregenerate part of mankind; not knowing wherein... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 652 pages
...lascivious rites. HH JEREMIAH. CHAP. II. verse 13. — " 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." In Eastern language, " living water" signifies springing water, that which bubbles up. The... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 656 pages
...vious rites. HH JEREMIAH. CHAP. II. verse 13. — " 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." In Eastern language, " living water" signifies springing water, that which bubbles up. The... | |
 | Gregory Townsend Bedell, Stephen Higginson Tyng - 1835 - 584 pages
...horribly afraid, 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."f — " He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver... | |
 | 1830 - 820 pages
...horribly afraid, 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." Here was their sin, that when they knew what God had done for them, and what God was himself... | |
 | Robert Wodrow, Robert Burns - 1835 - 516 pages
...sait h the Lord; for my people have committed two great evils, they have forsaken me the Fountain of Waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water : Shall he break the covenant and prosper? shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with... | |
 | Ebenezer Erskine, Donald Fraser - 1836 - 608 pages
...horribly afraid ; 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." . Inf. 4. Are ministers of the gospel earthen vessels, by whom the gospel-treasure is conveyed... | |
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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. 
