King James Version

Jeremiah 2:12

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

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שֹׁ֥מּוּshomvmake amazedשָׁמֵםverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “make amazed”, a commandH8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.שָׁמַ֖יִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…זֹ֑אתzotthisזֹאתpronoun, demonstrative, feminine, singular — “this”H2063this (often used adverb)hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.וְשַׂעֲר֛וּvesaarvand fearשָׂעַרconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and fear”, a commandH8175to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e. fearbe (horribly) afraid, fear, hurl as a storm, be tempestuous, come like (take away as with) a whirlwind.חָרְב֥וּcharevvdesolateחָרַבverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “desolate”, a commandH2717to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, killdecay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.מְאֹ֖דmeodespeciallyמְאֹדadverb — “especially”H3966properly, 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)diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), [idiom] louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ([phrase] much, sore), well.נְאֻםneumsaidנְאֻםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “said”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5002an oracle(hath) said, saith.יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and ye gates thereof, be very desolate, saith the Lord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξέστη ὁ οὐρανὸς ἐπὶ τούτῳ, καὶ ἔφριξεν ἐπὶ πλεῖον σφόδρα, λέγει Κύριος.