For My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me the fountain of living waters, and hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns

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For My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me the fountain of living waters, and hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water. ~ Jeremiah 2:13

A cistern is a hole in the ground to hold water. God is using a figure of speech. They didn’t literally dig holes in the ground. They tried to find some way to store God’s goodness without remaining connected to the living God. They didn’t want that intimate relationship.
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For My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me the fountain of living waters, and hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water. ~ Jeremiah 2:13

A cistern is a hole in the ground to hold water. God is using a figure of speech. They didn’t literally dig holes in the ground. They tried to find some way to store God’s goodness without remaining connected to the living God. They didn’t want that intimate relationship. You need the constant flow of God’s Spirit to survive. Whenever you disconnect from God you disconnect from love, hope, joy, peace, righteousness, understanding, knowledge, goodness, wisdom, and sanity.

The Holy Spirit will bring Scripture, experiences, and past revelations to your remembrance as you need them. He’ll also show you things you never knew before.

‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’ Jeremiah 33:3