Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth, for the Lord has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.
Jeremiah 2:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked; be utterly desolate, says the Lord, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Be astonished and appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked and shrivel up with horror, says the Lord [at the behavior of the people]. American Standard Version (1901) Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah. Common English Bible Be stunned at such a thing, you heavens; shudder and quake, declares the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version Be astonished at this, O heavens, and be utterly desolate, O gates of heaven, says the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this: and, ye gates thereof, be very desolate, saith the Lord. |
Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth, for the Lord has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.
Be astounded and stunned; blind yourselves and be blind! Be drunk but not from wine; stagger but not from strong drink!
Therefore thus says the Lord: Ask among the nations: Who has heard the like of this? The virgin Israel has done a most horrible thing.
I looked on the earth, and it was complete chaos, and to the heavens, and they had no light.
Hear, O earth; I am going to bring disaster on this people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not given heed to my words, and as for my teaching, they have rejected it.
Hear, you mountains, the case of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the earth, for the Lord has a case against his people, and he will contend with Israel.
From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; let the earth hear the words of my mouth.