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


In Context

9 |Therefore I will yet contend with you,| says Yahweh, |and I will contend with your children's children.

10 For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.

11 Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

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

13 |For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

14 Is Israel a servant? Is he a native-born slave? Why has he become a prey?

Jeremiah 2:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Be appalled at this, O heavens, and shudder with great horror," declares the Lord .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and ye gates thereof, be very desolate, saith the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, and shudder; be amazed very much, saith Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Be astonished, O you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be you very desolate, said the LORD.