Jeremiah 2:12

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be ye very desolate, says LORD.

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In The King James Version

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

In Context

11Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

13For 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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Cross References

Isaiah 1:2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for LORD has spoken. I have nourished and brought up sons, and they have rebelled against me.

Jeremiah 6:19Hear, O earth: Behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened to my words. And as for my law, they have rejected it.

Jeremiah 22:29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of LORD.

Matthew 27:45Now from the sixth hour darkness developed over all the land until the ninth hour.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:10-14

Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 629.) 9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord , and with your children's children will I plead. 10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord . 13 For my… Read the whole commentary →

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