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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 2:12 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jer 2:12 |
Strong Concordance |
Be astonished [08074], O ye heavens [08064], at this, and be horribly afraid [08175], be ye very [03966] desolate [02717], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]. |
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King James |
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Impassioned personification (Isa 1:2).
horribly afraid--rather, be horrified."
be . . . very desolate--rather, "be exceedingly aghast" at the monstrous spectacle. Literally, "to be dried up," or "devastated," (places devastated have such an unsightly look) [MAURER]. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Be astonished - The King James Version uses this word as equivalent "to be stupefied."
Desolate - Or, "be dry." In horror at Israel's conduct the heavens shrivel and dry up. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
O ye heavens - A pathetical expression, intimating that it is such a thing, that the very inanimate creatures, could they be sensible of it, would be astonished. Be desolate - Lose your brightness, as the sun seemed to do when Christ suffered. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Be astonished, O ye heavens - Or, the heavens are astonished. The original will admit either sense. The conduct of this people was so altogether bad, that among all the iniquities of mankind, neither heaven nor earth had witnessed any thing so excessively sinful and profligate. |
2 Hear [08085], O heavens [08064], and give ear [0238], O earth [0776]: for the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696], I have nourished [01431] and brought up [07311] children [01121], and they have rebelled [06586] against me.