‏ Jeremiah 2:12

12. Impassioned personification (Is 1:2).

horribly afraid--rather, be horrified."

be ... very desolate--rather, "be exceedingly aghast" at the monstrous spectacle. Literally, "to be dried up," or "devastated," (places devastated have such an unsightly look) [Maurer].

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