17And Edom shall be desolate: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.


In Context

14 I have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent to the nations: Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and let us rise up to battle.

15 For behold I have made thee a little one among the nations, despicable among men.

16 Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill : but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.

17 And Edom shall be desolate: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.

18 As Sodom was overthrown and Gomorrha, and the neighbours thereof, saith the Lord: there shall not a man dwell there, and there shall no son of man inhabit it.

19 Behold one shall come up as a lion from the swelling of the Jordan, against the strong and beautiful: for I will make him run suddenly upon her: and who shall be the chosen one whom I may appoint over her? for who is like to m? and who shall abide me? and who is that shepherd that can withstand my countenance?

Jeremiah 49:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:17Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

49:17"Edom will become an object of horror; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:17Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

49:17And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:17And Edom shall be an astonishment: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss, because of all the plagues thereof.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

49:17And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall he astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:17Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all her plagues.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:17Edom shall become an astonishment: everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

49:17And Edom hath been for a desolation, Every passer by her is astonished, And doth hiss because of all her plagues.