more at this, because this people did two evil things. They abandoned me, the fountain of life, and they dug for themselves a cistern of death” [Jer. 2:12–13]. 3 “Is my holy mount Sinai a barren rock? For you will be as young birds fluttering about when taken from the nest” [Isa. 16:1–2, Gk.]. 4 Again, the prophet says, “I will go before you; I will level the mountains; and I will break the bronze gates and shatter iron bars; and I will give you treasures lying in darkness, hidden and invisible,