Cistern
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Cistern in the Bible Dictionary
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General scriptures concerning
Isa 36:16
16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
Isaiah 36:16 -
Broken
Jer 2:13
13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
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Figurative
2 Kgs 18:31; Prov 5:15; Eccl 12:6
31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
2 Kings 18:3115 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Proverbs 5:156 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
Ecclesiastes 12:6 - See Wells
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
