Jeremiah 19:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 19:8

6 therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that this place shall no more be called Tophet or ^athe Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.

7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, ^aand I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hands of those who seek their lives; their ^bcorpses I will give as meat for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth.

8 I will make this city ^adesolate and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.

9 And I will cause them to eat the ^aflesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and in the desperation with which their enemies and those who seek their lives shall drive them to despair.” ’

10 ^a“Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,

11 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^a“Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot be¹ made whole again; and they shall ^bbury them in Tophet till there is no place to bury.

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 19:8

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American Standard Version
And I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

Amplified® Bible
And I will make this city an astonishment {and} a horror and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss [in scorn] because of all its plagues {and} disasters.

Contemporary English Version
I will turn Jerusalem into a pile of rubble, and every passerby will be shocked and horrified and will make insulting remarks.

Darby English Version
And I will make this city an astonishment and a hissing; every one that passeth by shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

Good News Bible
I will bring such terrible destruction on this city that everyone who passes by will be shocked and amazed.

King James Version
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 American Standard Bible
"I will also make this city a desolation and an {object of} hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its disasters.

New International Version
I will devastate this city and make it an object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.

New King James Version
I will make this city desolate and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"I will also make this city a desolation and an object of hissing; everyone who passes by it will feel astonished and hiss because of all its disasters.

Revised Standard Version
And I will make this city a horror, a thing to be hissed at; every one who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.

Young's Literal Translation
and I have made this city for a desolation, and for a hissing, every passer by it is astonished, and doth hiss for all its plagues.

New English Translation
I will make this city an object of horror, a thing to be hissed at. All who pass by it will be filled with horror and will hiss out their scorn¹ because of all the disasters that have happened to it.²

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