Jeremiah 19:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

And I will make this city desolate, and an object of scorn; everyone who passes by it shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    I will make this city desolate and an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And I will make{H7760} this city{H5892} an astonishment,{H8047} and a hissing;{H8322} every one that passeth{H5674} thereby shall be astonished{H8074} and hiss{H8319} because of all the plagues{H4347} thereof.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And I will make{H7760}{(H8804)} this city{H5892} desolate{H8047}, and an hissing{H8322}; every one that passeth{H5674}{(H8802)} thereby shall be astonished{H8074}{(H8799)} and hiss{H8319}{(H8799)} because of all the plagues{H4347} thereof.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And I wil make this cite so desolate, ad despysed: that who so goeth there by, shal be abashed & geast vpon her, because of all hir plages.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And I will make this citie desolate and an hissing, so that euery one that passeth thereby, shalbe astonished & hisse because of all ye plagues thereof.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And I will make this citie so desolate and despised, that whosoeuer goeth thereby shalbe abashed, and iest vpon her, because of all her plagues.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues of it.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And I will make this town a thing of wonder and a cause of surprise; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder and make sounds of surprise, because of all its troubles.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.

  • NET Bible® (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 scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 18:16 : 16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; everyone that passes by shall be astonished, and shake his head.
  • 1 Kgs 9:8 : 8 And at this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house?
  • Jer 49:13 : 13 For I have sworn by myself, says the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all its cities shall be perpetual wastes.
  • Jer 50:13 : 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be utterly desolate: everyone who passes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
  • Zeph 2:15 : 15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how has she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! Everyone that passes by her shall hiss, and shake his hand.
  • 2 Chr 7:20-21 : 20 Then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for My name, I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all nations. 21 And this house, which is exalted, shall be an astonishment to everyone who passes by it; so that they will say, Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house?
  • Jer 9:9-9 : 9 Shall I not visit them for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 10 For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled; they are gone. 11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
  • Jer 25:18 : 18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
  • Lev 26:32 : 32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it.
  • Lam 2:15-16 : 15 All who pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? 16 All your enemies have opened their mouth against you: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly, this is the day we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 18:16
    84%

    16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; everyone that passes by shall be astonished, and shake his head.

  • Jer 9:10-11
    2 verses
    82%

    10 For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled; they are gone.

    11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

  • Jer 22:8
    82%

    8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has the LORD done thus to this great city?

  • Jer 50:13
    81%

    13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be utterly desolate: everyone who passes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

  • Jer 25:18
    81%

    18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;

  • Jer 19:11-12
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    80%

    11 And shall say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, until there is no place left to bury.

    12 Thus will I do to this place, says the LORD, and to its inhabitants, and even make this city like Tophet:

  • Jer 34:22
    80%

    22 Behold, I will command, says the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

  • Jer 19:7
    79%

    7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of those who seek their lives: and their corpses will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 9:8
    79%

    8 And at this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house?

  • 2 Chr 29:8
    79%

    8 Therefore, the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes.

  • Zeph 2:15
    79%

    15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how has she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! Everyone that passes by her shall hiss, and shake his hand.

  • Jer 49:17
    79%

    17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.

  • Lev 26:31-32
    2 verses
    78%

    31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet aromas.

    32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it.

  • Ezek 5:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14 Moreover I will make you a waste, and a reproach among the nations that are around you, in the sight of all that pass by.

    15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment to the nations that are around you, when I shall execute judgments in you in anger and in fury and in fierce rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.

  • Jer 19:9
    78%

    9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend during the siege and distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their lives, shall distress them.

  • Jer 29:18
    77%

    18 And I will pursue them with the sword, famine, and pestilence, and will deliver them to be moved to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them.

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    77%

    10 For I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, says the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

  • Jer 21:6
    77%

    6 And I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

  • Mic 1:8
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    8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and mourning as the ostriches.

  • Jer 26:6
    76%

    6 Then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

  • Ezek 35:9
    76%

    9 I will make you perpetual desolations, and your cities shall not return: and you shall know that I am the LORD.

  • Isa 24:12
    76%

    12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.

  • Ezek 30:7
    76%

    7 They will be desolate among the countries that are desolate, and her cities will be among the cities that are wasted.

  • Jer 32:36
    76%

    36 And now therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, of which you say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;

  • Ezek 12:20
    76%

    20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 21:12
    76%

    12 Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such disaster upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.

  • Jer 24:9
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    9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their harm, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.

  • Lam 2:15
    76%

    15 All who pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

  • Jer 4:29
    76%

    29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell in it.

  • Nah 3:6
    76%

    6 And I will cast abominable filth upon you, and make you vile, and will set you as a spectacle.

  • Jer 13:9
    76%

    9 Thus says the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

  • Zeph 3:6
    76%

    6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passes by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, no inhabitant.

  • Ezek 15:8
    76%

    8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord GOD.

  • Zech 12:2
    75%

    2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling for all the people around about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

  • Jer 48:8
    75%

    8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD has spoken.

  • Mic 6:13
    75%

    13 Therefore I will make you sick by striking you, making you desolate because of your sins.

  • Jer 19:15
    75%

    15 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.

  • Jer 6:8
    75%

    8 Be instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from you; lest I make you desolate, a land not inhabited.

  • 2 Kgs 22:16
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    16 Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon its inhabitants, all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read:

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    21 And this house, which is exalted, shall be an astonishment to everyone who passes by it; so that they will say, Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house?

  • Zeph 1:17
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    17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh like refuse.

  • Ezek 5:9
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    9 And I will do in you what I have not done, and the like of which I will not do anymore, because of all your abominations.

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    28 For I will make the land most desolate, and the pride of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that no one shall pass through.

  • Jer 19:3
    75%

    3 And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring disaster upon this place, which whoever hears of it, his ears shall tingle.

  • Isa 13:19
    75%

    19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' excellency, will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

  • Isa 1:7
    75%

    7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.