King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 2:12
“Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 2
10
For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
11
Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit.
12
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
13
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.
14
[Is] Israel a servant? [is] he a homeborn [slave]? why is he spoiled?
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