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10 Cross over to the coast of the Kittim[a] and inquire;
    send to Kedar and observe carefully.
See if anything similar to this
    has ever previously occurred.
11 Has a nation ever changed its gods,
    even though they are not gods at all?
Yet my people have exchanged their glory
    for something that cannot help them in any way,
12 Be incredulous at this, O heavens;
    shudder in your horror, says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:10 Kittim: Cyprus. Kedar: a nomad tribe of the Arabian Desert (see Jer 49:28).

10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus(A) and look,
    send to Kedar[a](B) and observe closely;
    see if there has ever been anything like this:
11 Has a nation ever changed its gods?
    (Yet they are not gods(C) at all.)
But my people have exchanged their glorious(D) God
    for worthless idols.
12 Be appalled at this, you heavens,
    and shudder with great horror,”
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:10 In the Syro-Arabian desert