Jeremiah 2:12
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.”
מְאֹד
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
שָׁמַיִם
O heaven
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שָׁמַיִם
Heaven, sky. Shamayim. The visible sky and the spiritual realm where God dwells. God inhabits eternity but also dwells with the humble and contrite in spirit.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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שָׁמֵם
be appalled
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שָׁמֵם
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
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חָרַב
be desolate
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חָרַב
to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
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נְאֻם
the utterance of
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נְאֻם
an oracle
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