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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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  1. Isaiah 1:2Rank 1 from verse 12
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    2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

  2. Deuteronomy 32:1Rank 2 from verse 12
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    1GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

  3. Jeremiah 22:29Rank 3 from verse 12
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    29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.

  4. Jeremiah 6:19Rank 4 from verse 12
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    19Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

  5. Micah 6:2Rank 5 from verse 12
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    2Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

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Jeremiah 2:12

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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very

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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.

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desolate

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1. Of a place or land, left empty, uninhabited, waste, ruined, barren, or without former use and fruitfulness. 2. Of a person or people, bereft, forsaken, solitary, or left without help, comfort, family, or support. 3. As a verb, to make empty, waste, ruined, or bereft.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

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11Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.

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13For 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.

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