World English Bible
Jeremiah 2:12
“Be astonished, you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate," says Yahweh.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 2
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?
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Warnings of Jerusalem’s fall and promises of a new covenant.
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