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12 Be appalled at this, O heavens!
    Be utterly horrified and dumbfounded.”

It is a declaration of Adonai.

13 “My people have committed two evils:
    They have forsaken Me
        —the spring of living water—
    and they dug their own cisterns—
        cracked cisterns that hold no water.
14 Is Israel a servant—a slave by birth?
    Then why has he become plunder?

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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(A) me,
    the spring of living water,(B)
and have dug their own cisterns,
    broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
14 Is Israel a servant, a slave(C) by birth?
    Why then has he become plunder?

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