Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth, for the Lord has spoken: ‘I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.
Jeremiah 2:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Be appalled at this, heavens; be shocked and utterly desolated! This is the Lord’s declaration. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth, for the Lord has spoken: ‘I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.
Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with beer.
Therefore, this is what the Lord says: Ask among the nations, who has heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most horrible thing.
I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty. I looked to the heavens, and their light was gone.
Listen, earth! I am about to bring disaster on these people, the fruit of their own plotting, for they have paid no attention to my words. They have rejected my instruction.
Listen to the Lord’s lawsuit, you mountains and enduring foundations of the earth, because the Lord has a case against his people, and he will argue it against Israel.
From noon until three in the afternoon, darkness came over the whole land. ,
Pay attention, heavens, and I will speak; listen, earth, to the words from my mouth.