Jeremiah 2:12

Be astonished at this, O heavens, and be utterly desolate, O gates of heaven, says the 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

11See if a nation has ever changed their gods, though certainly those are not gods. Yet truly, my people have exchanged their glory for an idol.

13For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the Fountain of living water, and they have dug for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that are unable to hold water.

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, and pay attention, O earth, for the Lord has spoken. I have nurtured and raised children, but they have spurned me.

Jeremiah 6:19Hear, O earth! Behold, I will lead evils over this people, as the fruits of their own thoughts. For they have not listened to my words, and they have cast aside my law.

Jeremiah 22:29O earth, O earth, O earth! Listen to the word of the Lord!

Matthew 27:45Now from the sixth hour, there was darkness over the entire earth, even 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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