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Jeremiah 2:12

American Standard Version

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

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Jeremiah 2:12 in other translations

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

Jeremiah 2:12 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 2:12 in context

  1. 10For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.
  2. 11Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
  3. 12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah.
  4. 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.
  5. 14Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he become a prey?