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11 Has a nation changed its gods,
    even though they are no gods?
But my people have changed their glory
    for something that does not profit.
12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this,
    be shocked, be utterly desolate,
says the Lord,
13 for my people have committed two evils:
    they have forsaken me,
the fountain of living water,
    and dug out cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns
    that can hold no water.

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11 Has a nation ever changed its gods?
    (Yet they are not gods(A) at all.)
But my people have exchanged their glorious(B) God
    for worthless idols.
12 Be appalled at this, you heavens,
    and shudder with great horror,”
declares the Lord.
13 “My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken(C) me,
    the spring of living water,(D)
and have dug their own cisterns,
    broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

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