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I. THE NATURE OF SIN. This will be seen by observing —

1. What men leave. God — a "fountain of living waters" to them. The sum of all excellency, the source of all happiness.

2. What the follow. "Broken cisterns."

(1)  Worldly business.

(2)  Worldly pleasure.

(3)  Earthly distinction.

(4)  Worldly ease.

II. HOW WE SHOULD REGARD SIN. As God regards it — with loathing and abhorrence. Learn —

1. The emptiness of mere outward profession.

2. God's remedy for man's sin.

(C. Clayton, M. A.)

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KJV: 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.

WEB: "For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.