16That their land might be given up to desolation, and to a perpetual hissing: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and wag his head.


In Context

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Ask among the nations: Who hath heard such horrible things, as the virgin of Israel hath done to excess?

14 Shall now the snow of Libanus fail from the rock of the field? or can the cold waters that gush out and run down, be taken away?

15 Because my people have forgotten me, sacrificing in vain, and stumbling in their ways, in ancient paths, to walk by them in a way not trodden:

16 That their land might be given up to desolation, and to a perpetual hissing: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and wag his head.

17 As a burning will I scatter them before the enemy: I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their destruction.

18 And they said: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremias: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words.

Jeremiah 18:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:16To make their land desolate, [and] a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:16Their land will be laid waste, an object of lasting scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will shake their heads.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:16to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16to make their land an astonishment, a perpetual hissing: every one that passeth by shall be astonished, and shake his head.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:16to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and wag his head.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16To make their land become a desolation, A hissing age-during, Every passer by it is astonished, And bemoaneth with his head.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:16To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passes thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.