Jeremiah 2:12

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and ye gates thereof, be very desolate, saith the Lord.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

11If a nation hath changed their gods, and indeed they are not gods,: but my people have changed their glory into an idol.

13For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and have digged to themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:2Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me.

Jeremiah 6:19Hear, O earth: Behold I will bring evils upon this people, the fruits of their own thoughts: because they have not heard my words, and they have cast away my law.

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

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