English Standard Version
Jeremiah 19:8
8And I will make this city a horror, a thing to be hissed at. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its wounds.
Jeremiah 19:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
- New International Version (NIV)I will devastate this city and make it an object of horror and scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will make this city desolate and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will reduce Jerusalem to ruins, making it a monument to their stupidity. All who pass by will be astonished and will gasp at the destruction they see there.
Context of Jeremiah 19:8
6therefore, behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, when this place shall no more be called Topheth, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. 7And in this place I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, and will cause their people to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth. And I will make this city a horror, a thing to be hissed at. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its wounds. 9And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his neighbor in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies and those who seek their life afflict them.' 10"Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,
Read all of Jeremiah 19Jeremiah 19:8 word by word
וְשַׂמְתִּי֙ אֶת־הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את לְשַׁמָּ֖ה וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֑ה כֹּ֚ל עֹבֵ֣ר עָלֶ֔יהָ יִשֹּׁ֥ם וְיִשְׁרֹ֖ק עַל־כָּל־מַכֹּתֶֽהָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And I will makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
- this cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- desolateשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: appalledH8047
- and an hissingשְׁרֵקָהsherêqâh · hissingH8322
- every one that passethעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- thereby shall be astonishedשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: appalledH8074
- and hissשָׁרַקshâraq · to whistleH8319
- because of all the plaguesמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
Cross-references for Jeremiah 19:8
- Jeremiah 9:9Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?
- Jeremiah 18:16making their land a horror, a thing to be hissed at forever. Everyone who passes by it is horrified and shakes his head.
- Jeremiah 25:18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day;
- Jeremiah 49:13For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes."
- Jeremiah 50:13Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited but shall be an utter desolation; everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled, and hiss because of all her wounds.
- Leviticus 26:32And I myself will devastate the land, so that your enemies who settle in it shall be appalled at it.
- 1 Kings 9:8And this house will become a heap of ruins. Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, 'Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?'
- 2 Chronicles 7:20then I will pluck you up from my land that I have given you, and this house that I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
- Lamentations 2:15All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?"
- Zephaniah 2:15This is the exultant city that lived securely, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is no one else." What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild beasts! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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