Jeremiah 18:16
“To make their land desolate and a perpetuall hissing: euery one that passeth thereby shall bee astonished, and wagge his head.”
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Jeremiah 18:16 Context
14Will a man leaue the snow of Lebanon which commeth from the rocke of the fielde? or shall the colde flowing waters that come from another place, be forsaken? 15Because my people hath forgotten mee, they haue burnt incense to vanitie, and they haue caused them to stumble in their waies from the ancient paths, to walke in paths, in a way not cast vp, 16To make their land desolate and a perpetuall hissing: euery one that passeth thereby shall bee astonished, and wagge his head. 17I will scatter them as with an East winde before the enemie: I will shew them the backe, and not the face, in the day of their calamitie. 18¶ Then said they, Come, and let vs deuise deuices against Ieremiah: for the Law shall not perish from the Priest, nor counsell from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: Come and let vs smite him with the tongue, and let vs not giue heede to any of his wordes.
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To make their land desolate, [and] a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
- King James Version
To make their land a desolation, {An object of} perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake his head.
- New American Standard Version (1995)