Jeremiah 18:16
King James Version (KJV)
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
In context
14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Jeremiah 18:16 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
- WEB World English Bible
- to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
- ASV 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.
- YLT 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- to make their land an astonishment, a perpetual hissing: every one that passeth by shall be astonished, and shake his head.
- WBS Webster Bible
- To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and wag his head.