Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth! For יהוה has spoken, “I have reared and brought up children, but they have transgressed against Me.
Jeremiah 2:12 - The Scriptures 2009 “Be amazed, O heavens, at this, and be frightened, be utterly dried up,” declares יהוה. 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 יהוה has spoken, “I have reared and brought up children, but they have transgressed against Me.
Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Therefore thus said יהוה, “Ask now among the nations, who has heard the like of this? The maiden of Yisra’ĕl has done what is most horrible.
I looked at the earth, and saw it was formless and empty. And the heavens, they had no light.
“Hear, O earth! See, I am bringing evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to My words, nor My Torah – and they rejected it.
“Hear, O you mountains, the controversy of יהוה, and you everlasting foundations of the earth! For יהוה has a controversy with His people and He shall reprove Yisra’ĕl.
And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land, until the ninth hour.
“Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak; And hear, O earth, The words of my mouth.