Jeremiah 2:12

12 Be horrified at this, heavens;^[a] be shocked and utterly appalled. [This is] the Lord's declaration.

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 Cross over to Cyprusand take a look. Send [someone] to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:

11 Has a nation [ever] exchanged its gods? (but they were not gods!) Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

12 Be horrified at this, heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled. [This is] the Lord's declaration.

13 For My people have committed a double evil: They have abandoned Me, the fountain of living water, and dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.

14 Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why else has he become a prey?

Footnotes

• [a] Dt 32:1; Isa 1:2; Mc 6:1