 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
 | George Whitehead - 1832 - 368 pages
..." The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's ] crib, but my people know not me," Isa. i. 3. And elsewhere it is said, " They have forgotten me...These were those apostates that the Lord complained, Jer. ii. 13, had committed two evils ; they had " forsaken him, the fountain of living waters, and... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - Bible - 1832 - 472 pages
...ye very desolate, saith the LORD. 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. 14 IT Is Israel a servant ? Is he a homeborn slave ? Why is he spoiled ? 15 The... | |
 | Sarah Atkins - 1832 - 260 pages
...from God by attaching them to that which is transitory and perishable — since they have forsaken the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water, or a water that is salt, offensive, infected and poisonous. " But when we open our... | |
 | Nathanael Vincent - Bible - 1832 - 204 pages
...ye very desolate, (snith the Lord.) for my people have committed two evils, they have torraken me, the Fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns that can h-ild no water." Theie is as vast a difference between a state of grace and a state of wrath, as... | |
 | Sarah Atkins - 1832 - 262 pages
...from God by attaching them to that which is transitory and perishable — since they have forsaken the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water, or a water that is salt, offensive, infected and poisonous. " But when we open our... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - Bible - 1832 - 226 pages
...the wells of salvation. Jer. ii. 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. Zech. xiii. 1. In that day, there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David,... | |
 | Joseph Fincher - 1832 - 80 pages
...pillar, and brazen walls. JEE. ii. 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. Ps. Ixxxiv. 11. The Lord is a sun. Ps. xxvii. 1. The Lord is my light and my salvation... | |
 | Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1832 - 462 pages
...of letters and affected the language of philosophy. But what a philosophy! Alas, they had ' forsaken the Fountain of living ' waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken ' cisterns that can hold no water.' The moral consequences of such philosophy were seen in the private life of Catherine,... | |
 | Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1832 - 482 pages
...of letters and affected the language of philosophy. But what a philosophy! Alas, they had ' forsaken the Fountain of living * waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken * cisterns that can hold no water.' The moral consequences of such philosophy wore seen in the private life of Catherine,... | |
 | 1833 - 248 pages
...living water. JER. Ch. ii. V. 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. Let us apply this gracious reply of our Saviour to ourselves, that we may heartily... | |
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