Jeremiah 18:16 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 18:16

14 Will a man¹ leave the snow water of Lebanon,
Which comes from the rock of the field?
Will the cold flowing waters be forsaken for strange waters?

15 “Because My people have forgotten ^aMe,
They have burned incense to worthless idols.
And they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways,
From the ^bancient paths,
To walk in pathways and not on a highway,

16 To make their land ^adesolate and a perpetual ^bhissing;
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished
And shake his head.

17 ^aI will¹ scatter them ^bas with an east wind before the enemy;
^cI will show them the back and not the face
In the day of their calamity.”

Jeremiah Persecuted

18 Then they said, ^a“Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; ^bfor the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

19 Give heed to me, O Lord,
And listen to the voice of those who contend with me!

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 18:16

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

Amplified® Bible
Making their land a desolation {and} a horror, a thing to be hissed at perpetually; everyone who passes by shall be astounded {and} horrified and shake his head.

Contemporary English Version
Your land will be ruined, and every passerby will look at it with horror and make insulting remarks.

Darby English Version
to make their land an astonishment, a perpetual hissing: every one that passeth by shall be astonished, and shake his head.

Good News Bible
They have made this land a thing of horror, to be despised forever. All who pass by will be shocked at what they see; they will shake their heads in amazement.

King James Version
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

New American Standard Bible
To make their land a desolation, {An object of} perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake his head.

New International Version
Their land will be laid waste,
an object of lasting scorn;
all who pass by will be appalled
and will shake their heads.

New King James Version
To make their land desolate and a perpetual hissing;
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished
And shake his head.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
To make their land a desolation, An object of perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will feel astonished And shake his head.

Revised Standard Version
making their land a horror, a thing to be hissed at for ever. Every one who passes by it is horrified and shakes his head.

Young's Literal Translation
To make their land become a desolation, A hissing age-during, Every passer by it is astonished, And bemoaneth with his head.

New English Translation
So their land will become an object of horror.¹ People will forever hiss out their scorn over it. All who pass that way will be filled with horror and will shake their heads in derision.²

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