Jeremiah · יִרְמְיָהוּ

Jeremiah 2:13

כִּֽי־שְׁתַּ֥יִם רָע֖וֹת עָשָׂ֣ה עַמִּ֑י אֹתִ֨י עָזְב֜וּ מְק֣וֹר ׀ מַ֣יִם חַיִּ֗ים לַחְצֹ֤ב לָהֶם֙ בֹּאר֔וֹת בֹּארֹת֙ נִשְׁבָּרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָכִ֖לוּ הַמָּֽיִם׃
kiy-shtayim raʿvot ʿashah ʿamiy ʾotiy ʿazbv mqvor mayim ḥayiym laḥṣob lahem boʾrvot boʾrot nishbariym ʾasher loʾ-yakilv hamayim
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

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