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# have abandoned the springs of living waters

God speaks of himself as if he were springs of living waters. Alternate translation: "have abandoned me, their springs of living waters" or "have abandoned me, who is like springs of living water" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# have dug out cisterns for themselves

God speaks of false gods as if they were cisterns that people dig in order to get water. Alternate translation: "have gone to false gods, which are like cisterns they have dug for themselves" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# cisterns

deep holes for storing water
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# have abandoned the springs of living waters`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`God speaks of himself as if he were springs of living waters. Alternate translation: "have abandoned me, their springs of living waters" or "have abandoned me, who is like springs of living water" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# have dug out cisterns for themselves`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`God speaks of false gods as if they were cisterns that people dig in order to get water. Alternate translation: "have gone to false gods, which are like cisterns they have dug for themselves" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# cisterns`

			`deep holes for storing water`