Jeremiah 2:12 · KJV
“Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.”
— Jeremiah 2:12
Hath a nation changed {their} gods, which {are} yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for {that which} doth not profit.
For 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.
Jeremiah 2 — Context
For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. {over: or, over to}
11Hath a nation changed {their} gods, which {are} yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for {that which} doth not profit.
12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
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.
14{Is} Israel a servant? {is} he a homeborn {slave}? why is he spoiled? {spoiled: Heb. become a spoil?}
Cross References
Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Jeremiah 6:19
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, {even} the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
Micah 6:2
Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
Jeremiah 22:29
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Matthew 27:50-53
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.