Jeremiah 2:12

12 Be appalled at this, you heavens, and shudder with great horror,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 2:12 in Other Translations

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

12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the LORD,

12 The heavens are shocked at such a thing and shrink back in horror and dismay,” says the LORD .

12 "Stand in shock, heavens, at what you see! Throw up your hands in disbelief - this can't be!" God's Decree.

12 Be horrified at this, heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled. [This is] the Lord's declaration.

Jeremiah 2:12 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 2:12

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this
Meaning either the angels in heaven, or the heavens themselves, by a personification: and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord;
all which may be signified by storms and tempests, by thunder and lightning, and by the sun's withdrawing its light. This is said to aggravate the wickedness committed, as if the heavens blushed and were ashamed, and were confounded and amazed at it; and as if, on account of it, the Jews deserved not the benefit of the heavens, and the orbs in them.

Jeremiah 2:12 In-Context

10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar and observe closely; see if there has ever been anything like this:

11 Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols.

12 Be appalled at this, you heavens, and shudder with great horror,” declares the LORD.

13 “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

14 Is Israel a servant, a slave by birth? Why then has he become plunder?