Jeremiah Chapter 18 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV Jeremiah 18:16

to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
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BBE Jeremiah 18:16

Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.
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DARBY Jeremiah 18:16

to make their land an astonishment, a perpetual hissing: every one that passeth by shall be astonished, and shake his head.
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KJV Jeremiah 18:16

To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
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WBT Jeremiah 18:16


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WEB Jeremiah 18:16

to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
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YLT Jeremiah 18:16

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - The effect of this is to make the land of the transgressors an object of horror and astonishment (so render rather than desolate).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Desolate . . . astonished.--Better, desolate in both clauses. The Hebrew verb is the same, and there is a manifest emphasis in the repetition which it is better to reproduce in English.A perpetual hissing.--The Hebrew word is onomatopoetic, and expresses the inarticulate sounds which we utter on seeing anything that makes us shudder, rather than "hissing in its modern use as an expression of contempt or disapproval.Wag his head.--Better, shake his head. The verb is not the same as that which describes the gesture of scorn in Psalm 22:7; Psalm 109:25; Lamentations 2:15; Zephaniah 2:15, and describes pity or bemoaning rather than contempt. Men would not mock the desolation of Israel, but would gaze on it astounded and pitying, themselves also desolate.