Jeremiah 2:12 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 2:12

Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Be astonished, O ye heavens - Or, the heavens are astonished. The original will admit either sense. The conduct of this people was so altogether bad, that among all the iniquities of mankind, neither heaven nor earth had witnessed any thing so excessively sinful and profligate.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

O ye heavens - A pathetical expression, intimating that it is such a thing, that the very inanimate creatures, could they be sensible of it, would be astonished. Be desolate - Lose your brightness, as the sun seemed to do when Christ suffered.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שֹׁ֥מּוּ	Sho.mu	be appalled	H8074 →
שָׁמַ֖יִם	sha.Ma.yim	O heaven	H8064 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
זֹ֑את	Zot	this	H2063 →
וְשַׂעֲר֛וּ	ve.sa.'a.Ru	and shudder	H8175 →
חָרְב֥וּ	cha.re.Vu	be desolate	H2717 →
מְאֹ֖ד	me.'Od	exceedingly	H3966 →
נְאֻם־	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 22:29
O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:1
  Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Micah 1:2
  Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 6:19
  Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
leads to
- Isaiah 1:2
  Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 4:26
  I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 49:1
  Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
- Jeremiah 22:29
  O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
Through
Isaiah 1:2
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 30:19
  I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,

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About Jeremiah

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Jeremiah