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Jeremiah 49:17

What does Jeremiah 49:17 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 49:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Edom will become a cause of wonder: everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Edom hath been for a desolation, Every passer by her is astonished, And doth hiss because of all her plagues.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Edom shall be desolate: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Edom shall be an astonishment: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss, because of all the plagues thereof.

Context

v.16As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

v.17This passage

v.18As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Zephaniah 2:15

    This is the joyous city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:20

    then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 35:7

    Thus will I make mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him that passeth through and him that returneth.

  • Micah 6:16

    For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

  • Jeremiah 49:13

    For I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

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