Jeremiah 19:8
6 So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
7 And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
9 I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’
10 Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,
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
- I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- I will make this city an astonishment and a hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
- ASV
- And I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
- DARBY
- And I will make this city an astonishment and a hissing; every one that passeth by shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
- BLB
- And I will set this city as a desolation and a hissing; all passing by her will be astonished and will hiss over all her wounds.
- ÅB
- Og jeg vil gjøre denne by til en forferdelse og en spott; hver den som går forbi, skal forferdes og spotte over alle dens plager.
- OTB
- Jeg vil gjøre denne byen til en øde og en gjenstand for hån; alle som går forbi vil bli forferdet og vil hviske på grunn av alle dens sår.
- B1930
- Og jeg vil gjøre denne by til en forferdelse og en spott; hver den som går forbi, skal forferdes og spotte over alle dens plager.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 18:16
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
Read in context1 Kings 9:8
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
Read in contextJeremiah 49:13
For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”
Read in context2 Chronicles 7:20–21
then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:13
Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.
Read in contextJeremiah 25:18
to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;
Read in contextZephaniah 2:15
This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
Read in contextLeviticus 26:32
And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.
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