 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.  The Friend - Page 248edited by - 1829Full view - About this book
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 412 pages
...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. Is Israel a servant ? is he a home-born slave ? why is he spoiled ? The young lions... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Conversion - 1818 - 202 pages
...at (his, and be iiorribiy afraid — For my people have committed twu evils : they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that ran hold no water.' — Many a time hath Christ proclaimed that free invitation to you, Rev. xxii,... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1818 - 34 pages
...yc very desolate, saith the Lord. For my people have committed tsvo evils ; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water."* The origin of idolatry, then, is to be found in the alienation of the heart from... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - Sermons, American - 1818 - 448 pages
...living waters" by the Prophet Jeremiah. " 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." This is a most striking representation of true and false religion. Love is a fountain... | |
 | Willis Harris - Methodist Church - 1821 - 344 pages
...against me." Isai. i. 2.: and elsewhere, " 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." Jer. ii. 13. Now, my brethren, we hold that this conduct is disingenuous and unwise... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1822 - 362 pages
...forgotten their resting place." ii. 13. " For my people have committed two evils ; they have forsaking me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out' cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water." Verse 32. " Can a maid forget her ornaments, or] a bride her attire? Yet my people... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - Bible - 1823 - 146 pages
...lie ye very desolate, saith the Lord. For my people have committed two evils j they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that cau hold no water. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a hride her attire ? yet my people have forgotten... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1824 - 542 pages
...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. Is it madness and folly to fly from the fountain to the stream, from the light of... | |
 | Benjamin Moore - 1824 - 396 pages
...ye very desolate, saith the Lord. For my " people have committed two evils; they have for" sakcn me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed " them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no " water," It is scarcely necessary to remark, that in the figurative language of sacred... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - Apologetics - 1825 - 588 pages
...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 T Jer. ii, 12, 13. The lofty and rebellious spirit of the unbeliever, in the second... | |
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