Jeremiah 2:12 “Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” decla…”

Jeremiah 2:12

Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

“Be astonished, you heavens, at this and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says the LORD.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

O yee heauens, be astonied at this: bee afraid and vtterly confounded, sayeth the Lord.

Darby Translation

Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, and shudder; be amazed very much, saith Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.

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Cross references

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

Isaiah 1:2 Jeremiah 6:19 Jeremiah 22:29 Deuteronomy 32:1 Micah 6:2 Matthew 27:45

Isaiah 1:2 · BSB

Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

Jeremiah 6:19 · BSB

Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.

Jeremiah 22:29 · BSB

O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!

Deuteronomy 32:1 · BSB

Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

Micah 6:2 · BSB

Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:

Matthew 27:45 · BSB

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

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