Jeremiah 49:17
in Jeremiah 49“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
KJV
Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
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This verse in Jeremiah 49
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAlso Edom shall be a desolation,.... Not only Bozrah, its principal city, before spoken of, but the whole country of Idumea should be laid waste; its fortified cities destroyed; its riches plundered; and its inhabitants slain with the sword; or carried captive: everyone that goeth by it shall be astonished; at the desolation made, so suddenly and so universally: and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof; rejoice at them; clap their hands, and shake their heads, as the Targum; and hiss with their tongues, insulting and deriding them.
This site's exposition
If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it
on Jeremiah 49:12-18
The cup of wrath from 25:15-29 comes to Edom: if those who do not deserve the cup must drink it, Edom will not go unpunished. Verses 14 to 16 run close to Obadiah 1-4. Verse 18 says of Edom, “no man will abide there,” words used of Babylon in 50:40.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיְתָ֥ה | vehayetah | and it will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אֱד֖וֹם | ʾedom | Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
| לְשַׁמָּ֑ה | leshamah | <into> a horror | H8047 → | 39 times |
| כֹּ֚ל | kol | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֹבֵ֣ר | ʾover | [one who] passes by | H5674 → | 556 times |
| עָלֶ֔יהָ | ʾaleiha | at it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יִשֹּׁ֥ם | yishom | he will be appalled | H8074 → | 86 times |
| וְיִשְׁרֹ֖ק | veyishrok | and he may hiss | H8319 → | 12 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מַכּוֹתֶֽהָ׃ | makoteha | wounds its | H4347 → | 48 times |
וְהָיְתָ֥הand it will become
vehayetahH1961 →3559 times
אֱד֖וֹםEdom
ʾedomH123 →99 times
לְשַׁמָּ֑ה<into> a horror
leshamahH8047 →39 times
כֹּ֚לevery
kolH3605 →5413 times
עֹבֵ֣ר[one who] passes by
ʾoverH5674 →556 times
עָלֶ֔יהָat it
ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times
יִשֹּׁ֥םhe will be appalled
yishomH8074 →86 times
וְיִשְׁרֹ֖קand he may hiss
veyishrokH8319 →12 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
מַכּוֹתֶֽהָ׃wounds its
makotehaH4347 →48 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 18:16They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 19:8
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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 22:7
All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
- Jeremiah 25:9
behold, 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,…
- Ezekiel 33:28–29
I 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.
- Jeremiah 19:8
Through
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…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 22:8–9
And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
- Deuteronomy 29:24–26
So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
- Jeremiah 22:8–9
Through
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.
it leads to
- 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.
- Jeremiah 18:16
Through
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.”
it leads to
- Genesis 22:16
saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
- Genesis 22:16
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
