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Jeremiah 2:12
“Be astonished, you heavens, at this and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says the LORD.
Jeremiah 2:12 · World English Bible
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Jeremiah 2:12 in other translations
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.
"Be astonished, you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate," says the Lord.
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In context
9 “Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says the LORD, “and I will contend with your children’s children.
10 For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see. Send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing.
11 Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which doesn’t profit.
12 “Be astonished, you heavens, at this and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says the LORD.
13 “For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
14 Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he become a captive?
15 The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
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