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Jeremiah 2:12
Jeremiah 2:12 is verse 12 of Jeremiah chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.
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 Yahweh.
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Jeremiah 2:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible
10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
11 Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
12 Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.
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.
14 Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Jeremiah 6:19Hear, 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 22:29O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Isaiah 1:2Listen, 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.
Micah 6:2Hear, 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 27:45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
Matthew 27:50When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He yielded up His spirit.
Matthew 27:51At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
Matthew 27:52The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
Matthew 27:53After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.