Jeremiah 18:16

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

To make their land become a desolation, || A continuous hissing, || Everyone passing by it is astonished, || And bemoans with his head.

YLT

To make their land become a desolation, A hissing age-during, Every passer by it is astonished, And bemoaneth with his head.

DBY

to make their land an astonishment, a perpetual hissing: every one that passeth by shall be astonished, and shake his head.

DRC

That their land might be given up to desolation, and to a perpetual hissing: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and wag his head.

GNV

To make their land desolate and a perpetual derision, so that euery one that passeth thereby, shalbe astonished and wagge his head,

JPS

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

LXXE

to make their land a desolation, and a perpetual hissing; all that go through it shall be amazed, and shall shake their heads.

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WLC

לָשׂ֥וּם אַרְצָ֛ם לְשַׁמָּ֖ה שרוקת עוֹלָ֑ם כֹּ֚ל עוֹבֵ֣ר עָלֶ֔יהָ יִשֹּׁ֖ם וְיָנִ֥יד בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃Read aloud as (qere): שְׁרִיק֣וֹתWe read one or more consonants in L differently from BHS.

LXX-Br

τοῦ τάξαι τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν εἰς ἀφανισμὸν, καὶ σύριγμα αἰώνιον· πάντες οἱ διαπορευόμενοι διʼ αὐτῆς ἐκστήσονται, καὶ κινήσουσι τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν.

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• Psalms 22:7All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
• Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the…
• Jeremiah 19:8I 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.
• 1 Kings 9:8And 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?’
• Micah 6:16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of…
• Jeremiah 50:13Because 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.
• Matthew 27:39And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
• Ezekiel 33:28–29I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I…
• Jeremiah 49:13For 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.”
• Mark 15:29And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
• Isaiah 37:22this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
• 2 Chronicles 7:20–21then 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. And when…
• Lamentations 2:15–16All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?” All your enemies…
• Jeremiah 9:11“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
• Ezekiel 6:14I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
• Deuteronomy 29:23All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce…

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