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How cistern appeared in your dream

Dreaming of a broken cistern that cannot hold waterIn biblical dreams, a broken cistern represents forsaking God's living water and instead relying on futile human solutions that fail to sustain you spiritually.

Seeing yourself trapped inside a deep cistern or wellA cistern in a dream can symbolize confinement, imprisonment, or feeling trapped by circumstances beyond your control, reflecting spiritual or emotional captivity.

Dreaming of choosing between a fresh spring and a cracked cisternThis dream warns against committing the two evils of abandoning God's truth while simultaneously pursuing empty substitutes that offer no lasting spiritual nourishment.

Observing a cistern representing covenant promises in your dreamA cistern in dreams can reflect marital faithfulness or the keeping of covenants, warning against breaking promises or turning away from faithful commitment.

Dreaming of carrying a water container from place to place, pouring it out upon people, towns, or villagesIn biblical dreams, this represents being a vessel of God's spiritual blessings to others, where the container symbolizes you as an instrument through which divine blessings flow. This often indicates an itinerant ministry or reaching people through various mediums like books or the Internet, pouring out spiritual nourishment wherever you go.

Seeing a cistern or water tank that represents your personal supply of blessingsA cistern in dreams can symbolize the spiritual or financial resources God has given you to bless others. The water container represents both the blessings stored within you and your capacity to distribute these blessings to those in need, reflecting that God's blessings actually dwell within believers.

Dreaming of eating from your own vine and fig tree and drinking from your own cisternThis dream imagery represents living in peaceful prosperity and security under God's provision, where each person enjoys the fruit of their own labor and resources. It can symbolize a season of rest, self-sufficiency, and personal blessing, though context may reveal whether this independence is godly contentment or misplaced self-reliance.

Possible biblical meanings

Marital faithfulness ()·Two evils ()·Confinement or prison (; )

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