Jeremiah 2:12
Good News Translation
And so I command the sky to shake with horror, to be amazed and astonished,

New Revised Standard Version
Be appalled, O heavens, at this, be shocked, be utterly desolate, says the LORD,

Contemporary English Version
Tell the heavens to tremble with fear!

New American Bible
Be horrified at this, heavens; shudder, be appalled—oracle of the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and ye gates thereof, be very desolate, saith the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and ye gates thereof, be very desolate, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 6:19 Hear, O earth: Behold I will bring evils upon this people, the fruits of their own thoughts: because they have not heard my words, and they have cast away my law.

Jeremiah 22:29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 32:1 Hear, O ye heavens, the things I speak, let the earth give ear to the words of my mouth.

Isaiah 1:2 Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me.

Micah 6:2 Let the mountains hear the judgment of the Lord, and the strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord will enter into judgment with his people, and he will plead against Israel.

Matthew 27:45,50-53 Now from the sixth hour, there was darkness over the whole earth, until the ninth hour. . . .

Context
Israel has Forsaken God
11If a nation hath changed their gods, and indeed they are not gods: but my people have changed their glory into an idol. 12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and ye gates thereof, be very desolate, saith the Lord.13For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and have digged to themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.…
Cross References
Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me.

Jeremiah 4:23
I beheld the earth, and lo it was void, and nothing: and the heavens, and there was no light in them.

Jeremiah 2:11
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