Pentecost Season · Proper 17 · Year C
Jeremiah 2:4-13
Cracked Cisterns That Hold No Water
September 3, 2028
Overview & Insights
"They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and dug out cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that can hold no water." (Jeremiah 2:13)
God brings a covenant lawsuit against Israel, asking what wrong their ancestors found in him that they wandered after worthless things. The image of abandoning a spring of living water for broken cisterns captures the folly of their unfaithfulness.
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Commentary
Commentary on Jeremiah 2:4-13 Working Preacher
Explores Israel's choice of cracked cisterns over the fountain of living water.
Jeremiah 2:4-13 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Sets the covenant lawsuit within Jeremiah's early preaching.
Jeremiah 2 Bible Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse-by-verse notes on God's covenant complaint against Israel.
Jeremiah 2:4 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregates classic commentary on the opening of the lawsuit.
Jeremiah 2 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight
Detailed verse notes on the broken-cistern image.
Jeremiah 2:4 Interlinear BibleHub
Shows the underlying Hebrew of the covenant lawsuit.
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