Quick Summary:

MY PEOPLE HAVE COMMITTED TWO EVILS, says the LORD. THEY HAVE FORSAKEN ME, THE FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATER, AND DUG OUT CISTERNS FOR THEMSELVES, CRACKED CISTERNS THAT CAN HOLD NO WATER. (2:13)

God’s people have forgotten their stories; lost touch with the narrative that gave them birth.
And because they have forgotten, they’ve lost touch both with God and with themselves. The central message of Jeremiah rings true still today: We need to hear the stories of faith—of who and whose we are, of how we got here, where we’re heading and why—and not only hear them, but PRACTICE and TELL THEM—lest we find ourselves unmoored and adrift, digging cracked cisterns for the lesser stories that infuse our culture and are eager to sell us on what’s most important, where we ought to be going, and how they can get us there.