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Jeremiah 2:12

World English Bible

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

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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 Jehovah.

Jeremiah 2:12 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 2:12 in context

  1. 10For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see.
    Send to Kedar, and consider diligently,
    and see if there has been such a thing.
  2. 11Has a nation changed its gods,
    which really are no gods?
    But my people have changed their glory for that which doesn’t profit.
  3. 12“Be astonished, you heavens, at this
    and be horribly afraid.
    Be very desolate,” says Yahweh.
  4. 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.
  5. 14Is Israel a slave?
    Is he born into slavery?
    Why has he become a captive?