Jeremiah 2:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שֹׁ֥מּוּ שָׁמַ֖יִם עַל־זֹ֑את וְשַׂעֲר֛וּ חָרְב֥וּ מְאֹ֖ד נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

Šōmmû šāmayim ʿal-zōʾt wə-śaʿărû ḥorbû məʾōd nəʾum-YHWH

Grammar Details

*Šōmmû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - be appalled
*šāmayim*: noun, masculine dual - heavens
*ʿal*-*zōʾt*: preposition + feminine demonstrative pronoun - at this
*wə-śaʿărû*: conjunction + qal imperative, masculine plural - and be horrified
*ḥorbû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - be utterly desolate
*məʾōd*: adverb - very/exceedingly
*nəʾum*-*YHWH*: construct chain - declaration of YHWH

Word Meanings

*šōmmû*: be appalled/be astonished/be desolate
*šāmayim*: heavens/sky
*śaʿărû*: be horrified/shudder/be shocked
*ḥorbû*: be utterly desolate/be laid waste/be dried up
*məʾōd*: very/exceedingly/greatly
*nəʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 1:2 : 2 Hear, 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.
Jer 6:19 : 19 Hear, 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.
Jer 22:29 : 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
Mic 6:2 : 2 Hear 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.
Matt 27:45 : 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Matt 27:50-53 : 50 {G1161} Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Deut 32:1 : 1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

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