en_tn/jer/02/12.md

Shudder, heavens, because of this! Be shocked and horrified

The speaker is turning and talking to the heaven as if it were a person. (See:rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe)

abandoned the springs

AT: "abandoned me, their spring" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

by digging out cisterns for themselves

Idols are compared to broken cisterns. AT: by worshipping useless gods" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

cisterns

"deep hole for storing water."