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


In Context

14 A report I have heard from Jehovah, And an ambassador among nations is sent, Gather yourselves and come in against her, And rise ye for battle.

15 For, lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised among men.

16 Thy terribleness hath lifted thee up, The pride of thy heart, O dweller in clefts of the rock, Holding the high place of the height, For thou makest high as an eagle thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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

18 As the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, And its neighbours, said Jehovah, No one doth dwell there, Nor sojourn in her doth a son of man.

19 Lo, as a lion he cometh up, Because of the rising of the Jordan, Unto the enduring habitation, But I cause to rest, I cause him to run from off her, And who is chosen? concerning her I lay a charge, For who is like Me? and who conveneth Me? And who is this shepherd who standeth before Me?

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

49:17And Edom shall be desolate: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.

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.