Jeremiah 2:12

12 Be appalled, [O] heavens, at this, and shudder; be utterly desolate," {declares} Yahweh.

Jeremiah 2:12 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 2:12

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this
Meaning either the angels in heaven, or the heavens themselves, by a personification: and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord;
all which may be signified by storms and tempests, by thunder and lightning, and by the sun's withdrawing its light. This is said to aggravate the wickedness committed, as if the heavens blushed and were ashamed, and were confounded and amazed at it; and as if, on account of it, the Jews deserved not the benefit of the heavens, and the orbs in them.

Jeremiah 2:12 In-Context

10 For go over [to] the coasts of Cyprus and look, and send [to] Kedar and consider very closely, and see if there has been [a thing] like this:

11 Has a nation exchanged gods? And they [are] not gods! But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not profit.

12 Be appalled, [O] heavens, at this, and shudder; be utterly desolate," {declares} Yahweh.

13 "For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, [the] source of living water, to hew out for themselves cisterns, cracked cisterns that can hold no water.

14 [Is] Israel a slave? Or {a slave born in a house}? Why has he become plunder?

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "a declaration of"