Jeremiah 2:13
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Young's Literal Translation
For two evils hath My people done, Me they have forsaken, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells—broken wells, That contain not the waters.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
“For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

My people
עַמִּ֑י (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

have committed
עָשָׂ֣ה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

two
שְׁתַּ֥יִם (šə·ta·yim)
Number - fd
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

evils:
רָע֖וֹת (rā·‘ō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

They have forsaken Me,
עָזְב֜וּ (‘ā·zə·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

the fountain
מְק֣וֹר ׀ (mə·qō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4726: Something dug, a, source, of happiness, wisdom, progeny)

of living
חַיִּ֗ים (ḥay·yîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

water,
מַ֣יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

and they have dug
לַחְצֹ֤ב (laḥ·ṣōḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2672: To cut, carve, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave

cisterns for themselves,
בֹּאר֔וֹת (bō·rō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 877: A cistern, pit, well

broken
נִשְׁבָּרִ֔ים (niš·bā·rîm)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

cisterns
בֹּארֹת֙ (bō·rōṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 877: A cistern, pit, well

that
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

cannot
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

hold
יָכִ֖לוּ (yā·ḵi·lū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3557: To keep in, to measure, to maintain

water.
הַמָּֽיִם׃ (ham·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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