 | Dirck Cornelius Lansing - 1825 - 364 pages
...astonished, O, ye heavens at this, and be very horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, smith the Lord, for my people have committed two evils ; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living tuaters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no •mater." Christians... | |
 | 1826 - 870 pages
...and joining themselves to idols; as is expressed in most striking imagery in the thirteenth verse : " My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken...them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water." God is the author of all blessings, both for the body and the soul ; and whatever else men... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1826 - 626 pages
...two evils," observe it, it is but one act, yet there are two evils in it, what are they ? " they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed...broken cisterns, that can hold no water," Jer. ii. 13. Oh what evil is in the bowels of one sin ! but especially the sin of unbelief. The evil of sin brings... | |
 | Robert Barclay - 1826 - 616 pages
...concerning Israel by the prophets, Jer. ii. 1 3. For my people have committed two rr//v. they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed...them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water ? Have not many forsaken, do not many deride and reject, this inward and immediate guide, this... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...very desolate, saith the LORD. 13 For my people have committed two evils ; they have forsaken me the x fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. 15 The young lions roared upon him, and * yelled, and Ac 629. thev made his land waste : his... | |
 | John Pridham - 1826 - 376 pages
...ingratitude shewn towards himself:—" 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 h ." 1. That separation from the world, which it is our business to inculcate, does not call... | |
 | William Brown - 1826 - 718 pages
...point to Jehovah's complaint against Israel for leaving him, and going after the gods of the heathen. " My people have committed two evils, they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters," who have always been to them h'ke a perennial spring, never disappointing them when... | |
 | Edward Reynolds, Alexander Chalmers - 1826 - 570 pages
...happiness of his life. The like opposition we shall find excellently expressed in the prophet Jeremiah ; " My people have committed two evils ; they have forsaken me the fountain of living water, and have hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water : " c that is,... | |
 | 1858 - 726 pages
...and be ye horribly afraid, and be ye very desolate, saith the Lord ; for my people have com"tnitted two evils. They have forsaken me, the Fountain of living waters, and have hewed them out cisterns — broken cisterns that can hold no water." We have reason to be astonished... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 688 pages
...dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring. JEE. ii. 13 : My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken...them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. ZEC. xiii. 1: In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the... | |
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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. 
