To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsto make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
To make their land become a desolation, A hissing age-during, Every passer by it is astonished, And bemoaneth with his head.
to make their land an astonishment, a perpetual hissing: every one that passeth by shall be astonished, and shake his head.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile