Be astonished, O you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be you very desolate,
says the LORD.
All Commentaries on Jeremiah 2:12 Go To Jeremiah 2
Clement Of Alexandria
AD 215
Reproof is the bringing forward of sin, laying it before one. This form of instruction God employs as necessary in the highest degree by reason of the feebleness of the faith of many. For he says by Isaiah, “You have forsaken the Lord and have provoked the holy One of Israel to anger.” He says also by Jeremiah: “Heaven was astonished at this, and the earth shuddered exceedingly. My people have committed two evils. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and have hewn out for themselves broken cisterns that will not be able to hold water.”
