12 Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD. 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. 14 Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
Jeremiah 2:12–14
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