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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.

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ASV

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

KJV

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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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָשׂ֥וּםla.Sumto makeH7760 →
אַרְצָ֛ם'ar.Tzamland theirH776 →
לְשַׁמָּ֖הle.sha.Mahinto a wasteH8047 →
שְׁרִיק֣וֹתshe.ru.katwhistling ofH8292 →
עוֹלָ֑םo.LamperpetuityH5769 →
כֹּ֚לkoleveryH3605 →
עוֹבֵ֣רo.Ver[one who] passes byH5674 →
עָלֶ֔יהָ'a.Lei.haat itH5921 →
יִשֹּׁ֖םyi.Shomhe will be appalledH8074 →
וְיָנִ֥ידve.ya.Nidand he may wagH5110 →
בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃be.ro.Showith head hisH7218 →

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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 surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.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.Lamentations 2:15All 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?”Ezekiel 27:36Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”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.Matthew 27:39And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their headsMicah 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 the nations.”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.”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.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?’Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.Jeremiah 42:18For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’Jeremiah 44:8Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.Leviticus 26:32And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.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.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,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?”

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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