Study it in the app“For two evils my people has done: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold the water.”
Forכִּיtwoשְׁתַּיִםevilsרָעוֹתmy peopleעַמִּיhas done:עָשָׂהthey have forsakenעָזְבוּme,אֹתִיthe fountainמְקוֹרof livingחַיִּיםwaters,מַיִםto hew outלַחְצֹבfor themselvesלָהֶםcisterns,בֹּארוֹתbrokenנִשְׁבָּרִיםcisternsבֹּארֹתthatאֲשֶׁרcannotלֹא יָכִלוּhold the water.הַמָּיִם
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shetayim” appearsharm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raot” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azvu” appearsspring
The place where water wells up, and so also the source of life.
Where else “mekor” appearsraw
Literally "living": running water, uncooked meat.
Where else “chayim” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearshew
To shape rock, or carve wells or tombs in it.
Where else “chetsov” appearswell, cistern
Well or cistern: a hole dug to draw or store water. It is another spelling of the usual word for "cistern".
Where else “borot” appearsbreak
To break something to pieces.
Where else “nishbarim” appearshold
To hold, or endure something.
Where else “yachilu” appears12Be appalled, heavens, at this, and shudder, be utterly desolate, declares YHWH.
13 · This verse (above)
14Is Israel a slave? Or is he born in the house? Why has he become plunder?
