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"Be amazed at this, O heavens! Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded,” says the LORD."
— Jeremiah 2:12, NET Bible
“Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.”
“Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah. ”
“"Be astonished, you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate," says Yahweh.”
“Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and ye gates thereof, be very desolate, saith the Lord.”
“Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.”
“Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.”
The Lord Charges Contemporary Israel with Spiritual Adultery“So, once more I will state my case against you,” says the LORD.“I will also state it against your children and grandchildren.
Go west across the sea to the coasts of Cyprus and see. Send someone east to Kedar and have them look carefully. See if such a thing as this has ever happened:
Has a nation ever changed its gods(even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all!
Be amazed at this, O heavens! Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded,” says the LORD.
“Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water.”
Israel’s Reliance on Foreign Alliances(not on God)“Israel is not a slave, is he? He was not born into slavery, was he? If not, why then is he being carried off?
Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted.