Jeremiah 2:12

Jeremiah 2:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Be appalled at this, you heavens, and shudder with great horror,” declares the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the Lord,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Be astonished, O heavens, at this, And be horribly afraid; Be very desolate,” says the Lord.

Context of Jeremiah 2:12

10Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look. Send someone to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this: 11Has a nation ever exchanged its gods? (But they were not gods!) Yet my people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols. Be appalled at this, heavens; be shocked and utterly desolated! This is the Lord’s declaration. 13For my people have committed a double evil: They have abandoned me, the fountain of living water, and dug cisterns for themselves — cracked cisterns that cannot hold water. 14Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why else has he become a prey?

Jeremiah 2:12 word by word

שֹׁ֥מּוּ שָׁמַ֖יִם עַל־זֹ֑את וְשַׂעֲר֛וּ חָרְב֥וּ מְאֹ֖ד נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Be astonishedשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: appalledH8074
• O ye heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• at this, and be horribly afraidשָׂעַרώâ‛ar · to shudderH8175
• be ye veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• desolateחָרֵבchârab chârêb · to destroyH2717
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:12

• Jeremiah 6:19Listen, earth! I am about to bring disaster on these people, the fruit of their own plotting, for they have paid no attention to my words. They have rejected my instruction.
• Jeremiah 22:29Earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord!
• Deuteronomy 32:1Pay attention, heavens, and I will speak; listen, earth, to the words from my mouth.
• Isaiah 1:2Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth, for the Lord has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.
• Micah 6:2Listen to the Lord’s lawsuit, you mountains and enduring foundations of the earth, because the Lord has a case against his people, and he will argue it against Israel.
• Matthew 27:45From noon until three in the afternoon, darkness came over the whole land.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 2:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Be astonished, O ye heavens - Or, the heavens are astonished. The original will admit either sense. The conduct of this people was so altogether bad, that among all the iniquities of mankind, neither heaven nor earth had witnessed any thing so excessively sinful and profligate.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Be astonished - The King James Version uses this word as equivalent “to be stupefied.” Desolate - Or, “be dry.” In horror at Israel‘s conduct the heavens shrivel and dry up.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-13Verses 9-13 Before God punishes sinners, he pleads with them, to bring them to repentance. He pleads with us, what we should plead with ourselves. Be afraid to think of the wrath and curse which will be the portion of those who throw themselves out of God's grace and favour. Grace in Christ is compared to water from a fountain, it being cooling and refreshing, cleansing and making fruitful: to living water, because it quickens dead sinners, revives…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The heavens and the earth often serve as witnesses to human events (see Jeremiah 51:48; Deuteronomy 32:1, 43; 1 Chronicles 16:31; Psalm 96:11; Isaiah 1:2; 44:23; 49:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Impassioned personification (Is 1:2). horribly afraid--rather, be horrified." be ... very desolate--rather, "be exceedingly aghast" at the monstrous spectacle. Literally, "to be dried up," or "devastated," (places devastated have such an unsightly look) [Maurer].Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings