Jeremiah 18:16
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 18 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah visits the potter's house and sees the potter rework a marred vessel. God can do the same with nations: what he decrees can be changed by repentance or undone by sin. The people plot against Jeremiah and he calls …
Other Translations
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
To make their land become a desolation, A hissing age-during, Every passer by it is astonished, And bemoaneth with his head.
Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.
Cross References
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall …
Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; …
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and …
Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long …
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor …
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and …
Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this …
And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he …
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.