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Jeremiah 18:16

Judgment

14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?

15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;

To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
KJV
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
WEB
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head.
ASV
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
DARBY
to make their land an astonishment, a perpetual hissing: every one that passeth by shall be astonished, and shake his head.
BLB
to make their land desolate, an everlasting hissing; all passing by it will be astonished and will nod [at it] with his head.
ÅB
og slik gjorde de sitt land til en forferdelse, til en evig spott; hver den som går forbi, skal forferdes og riste på hodet.
OTB
Deres land vil bli en øde, et objekt for evig hån; alle som går forbi det vil bli forferdet og vil riste på hodet.
B1930
og således gjorde de sitt land til en forferdelse, til en evig spott; hver den som går forbi, skal forferdes og ryste på hodet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 22:7

    All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

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  • Jeremiah 25:9

    Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

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  • Jeremiah 19:8

    And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

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  • Micah 6:16

    For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

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  • Jeremiah 50:13

    Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

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  • Jeremiah 49:13

    For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

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  • Ezekiel 33:28–29

    For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.

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  • 1 Kings 9:8

    And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

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