they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters] A well-spring; yeelding water, that runneth constantly, and never faileth. Genesis 26:19. John 4. 14. & 7. 38. Revelation 22:1. such as God is to his. Psalms 36:9. Chap. 17. 13. & 18. 14.
hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water] Betaken themselves to idols; that, like wells without water, 2 Peter 2:17. can afford them no relief or refreshing. Isaiah 46:7.