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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 2:12 - Strong Concordance

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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].
  King James Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

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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].
 
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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.