Jeremiah 2:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Jeremiah 2:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be astonished - The King James Version uses this word as equivalent “to be stupefied.” Desolate - Or, “be dry.” In horror at Israel’s conduct the heavens shrivel and dry up.
Jeremiah 2:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Be astonished, O ye (s) heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. (s) He shows that the insensible creatures abhor this vile ingratitude, and as it were tremble...
Jeremiah 2:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh's Reproaches. Yahweh asks why His redeeming acts are forgotten and His (true) worship abandoned; other nations do not abandon their gods, though these are worthless, but Yahweh's people have...
Jeremiah 2:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Be astonished. Figure of speech Apostrophe . very desolate . dried up, or, devoid of clouds and vapours.
Jeremiah 2:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

When the Prophet saw that he had to do with besotted men, almost void of all reason, he turned to address the heavens: and it is a way of speaking, common in the Prophets, — that they address t...
Jeremiah 2:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1027 THE FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATERS Jeremiah 2:12-13 . Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. For my people have committed t...
Jeremiah 2:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. Be astonished, O ye heavens - Or, the heavens are astonished. The original will admit either sense....
Jeremiah 2:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate— Be amazed; marvel, or tremble exceedingly.
Jeremiah 2:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. Be astonished, O ye heavens - impassioned personification ( Isaiah 1:2 ). Horribly afraid...
Jeremiah 2:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Second Prophecy (2:1-3:5) The prophet expostulates with Israel because of their unfaithfulness to Jehovah. 1-13. Under the figure of the marriage relation Jehovah reminds the people...
Jeremiah 2:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Be astonished, O ye heavens. — The adjuration had been made familiar by a like utterance in Isaiah 1:2 ; Deuteronomy 32:1 “Astonished” — in the old sense, “thunder-stricken,” stupefied. The whol...
Jeremiah 2:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER II THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT Jeremiah 2:1-37 ; Jeremiah 3:1-5 THE first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermon which proceeds from an exposure of national sin...
Jeremiah 2:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first movement in commissioning the called man now commences. He was commanded to utter a great impeachment in the ears of Jerusalem. This impeachment was threefold. It first declared how Israel...
Jeremiah 2:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! this is not the first time that we meet with such appeals to heaven, and to other parts of the inanimate creation: for if man will not hear, to whom shall respect be had? Isaiah 50:2 ; Deut...
Jeremiah 2:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this ,.... Meaning either the angels in heaven, or the heavens themselves, by a personification: and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord ; all w...
Jeremiah 2:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. Ver. 12. Be astonished, O heavens! ] A poetic and pathetic expression. Compare Deu 32:1 Isaiah...
Jeremiah 2:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this A pathetical expression, in the poetic style, signifying that the wickedness of these apostates from God was so great, that the very inanimate creatures, could...
Jeremiah 2:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Expostulations with Israel. B. C. 629. 9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith th...
Jeremiah 2:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Be astonished, O ye heavens; angels, say some, but rather the visible heavenly bodies; a pathetical expression in a poetical prosopopoeia, as Deuteronomy 4:26 , Deuteronomy 32:1 , intimating th...
Jeremiah 2:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Expresses His Astonishment At The Incredible Way In Which They Have Behaved ( Jeremiah 2:9-13 ). YHWH expresses His astonishment at the behaviour of His people, and calls on the heavens to wi...
Jeremiah 2:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES .— 1. Chronology. Most probably in thirteenth Josiah, quickly after his call. Dr. Dahler (Stratsbourg) would interpose Chapter s 4, 5, 6; deferring this chapter till a...
Jeremiah 2:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 2:1-3 . Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine es...
Jeremiah 2:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 2:2 . I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth. God now addressed them, that he might do the same to the children as he had done to the fathers, and rejoice over them as the bridegroom...
Jeremiah 2:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? Christian controversy The text may be put into other words, thus: “Go over to the islands of the Chittim, the isles and coast lands of t...
Jeremiah 2:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The second chapter forms the introduction of a group of discourses (Jeremiah 2-6), which should be read together. It is called By Ewald (and the position of the prophecy favors this v...
Jeremiah 2:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Israel's Lack of Faithfulness
Jeremiah 2:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:1 ; Isaiah 1:2 ; Jeremiah 22:29 ; Jeremiah 6:19 ; Micah 6:2 ; Matthew 27:45 ; Matthew 27:50-53
Jeremiah 2:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

O ye heavens — A pathetical expression, intimating that it is such a thing, that the very inanimate creatures, could they be sensible of it, would be astonished. Be desolate — Lose your brightness,...

Jeremiah 2:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 2:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 2:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Jeremiah 2:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 2:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 2:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 2:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 2:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 2:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 2:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 2:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 2:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 2:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 2:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 2:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 2:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 2:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 2:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 2:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes