2:4 雅各家、以色列家的各族啊，你們當聽耶和華的話。
2:5 耶和華如此說：你們的列祖見我有甚麼不義，竟遠離我，隨從虛無的神，自己成為虛妄的呢？
2:6 他們也不說：那領我們從埃及地上來，引導我們經過曠野，沙漠有深坑之地，和乾旱死蔭、無人經過、無人居住之地的耶和華在哪裡呢？
2:7 我領你們進入肥美之地，使你們得吃其中的果子和美物；但你們進入的時候就玷污我的地，使我的產業成為可憎的。
2:8 祭司都不說，耶和華在哪裡呢？傳講律法的都不認識我。官長違背我；先知藉巴力說預言，隨從無益的神。
2:9 耶和華說：我因此必與你們爭辯，也必與你們的子孫爭辯。
2:10 你們且過到基提海島去察看，打發人往基達去留心查考，看曾有這樣的事沒有。
2:11 豈有一國換了他的神嗎？其實這不是神！但我的百姓將他們的榮耀換了那無益的神。
2:12 諸天哪，要因此驚奇，極其恐慌，甚為淒涼！這是耶和華說的。
2:13 因為我的百姓做了兩件惡事，就是離棄我這活水的泉源，為自己鑿出池子，是破裂不能存水的池子。
4 Hear the word of the Lord, O house of
Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel. 5 Thus says the Lord:
"What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me,
and
went after worthlessness, and became worthless?
6 They did not say, 'Where is the Lord
who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us in the wilderness,
in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
in a land that none passes through,
where no man dwells? '
7 And I brought you into a plentiful land
to enjoy its fruits and its good things.
But when you came in, you defiled my land
and made my heritage an abomination.
8 The priests did not say, 'Where is the
Lord? '
Those who handle the law did not know me;
the
shepherds transgressed against me;
the
prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after things that do not profit.
9 "Therefore I still contend with you,
declares the Lord,
and with your children's children I will
contend.
10 For cross to the coasts of Cyprus and
see,
or send to Kedar and examine with care;
see if there has been such a thing.
11 Has a nation changed its gods,
even
though they are no gods?
But my people have changed their glory
for that which does not profit.
12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this;
be shocked, be utterly desolate,
declares the Lord,
13 for my people have committed two evils:
they
have forsaken me,
the fountain of living waters,
and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
broken cisterns that can hold no water.
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先知在此說到以色列人離棄上帝去拜偶像，就如上帝所宣告的：『因為我的百姓做了兩件惡事，就是離棄我這活水的泉源，為自己鑿出池子，是破裂不能存水的池子。』
這裡用「水」來比喻上帝的供應，而上帝本身就是活水源頭，會不慣的供應我們所需的，是我們多而又多！然而偶像呢？它不但不能供應，還有破洞或裂痕，使水漏掉減少，把我們從上帝領受來的全部吸走！
也因此，明智的人應當來就上帝，接受祂豐盛的供應；不僅如此，還要離棄偶像，不要受到它的剝削，而失去一切的美好！
