A moment in scripture
Jeremiah 2:12
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Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.
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The surrounding passage
- Jeremiah 2:10
For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
- Jeremiah 2:11
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
- Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
- Jeremiah 2:14
Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.