Jeremiah 2:12
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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.

Lexicon
Be stunned
שֹׁ֥מּוּ (šōm·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8074: To stun, devastate, stupefy

by
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

this,
זֹ֑את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

O heavens,
שָׁמַ֖יִם (šā·ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky

be shocked
וְשַׂעֲר֛וּ (wə·śa·‘ă·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8175: To storm, to shiver, fear

and utterly
מְאֹ֖ד (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

appalled,
חָרְב֥וּ (ḥā·rə·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2717: To parch, to desolate, destroy, kill

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5002: An oracle

the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


Additional Translations
Be stunned by this, O heavens, be shocked and utterly appalled, declares the LORD.Be astonished, O you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be you very desolate, said the LORD.

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah.

The heaven is amazed at this, and is very exceedingly horror-struck, saith the Lord.

Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, and shudder; be amazed very much, saith Jehovah.

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

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

"Be astonished, you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate," says Yahweh.

Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah.
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