They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken

cisterns that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 2, verse 13.

Welcome to this daily encouragement from our daily bread.

Digging for meaning was written by Adam R. Holtz and read by Stephen Tabor.

Jeremiah chapter 2 verses 5 through 13.

This is what the Lord says, what fault did your ancestors find in me, that they strayed so far from

me. They followed worthless idols and became worthless

themselves. They did not ask, where is the Lord, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through

the barren wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and utter darkness,

a land where no one travels and no one lives. I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and rich produce, but you came and

defiled my land and made my inheritance detestable. The priests did not ask,

Where is the Lord? Those who deal with the law did not know me, the leaders rebelled against me,

the prophets prophesied by Bail, following worthless idols.

Therefore, I bring charges against you again, declares the Lord, and I will bring charges against

your children's children.

Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus, and look, send to Qadar and observe closely.

See if there has ever been anything like this.

Has a nation ever changed its gods? Yet they are not

gods at all. But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols. Be appalled

at this, you heavens, and shudder with great horror, declares the Lord. My people have committed two sins.

They have forsaken me, the spring of living water,

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