Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And I set this city for a desolation, and for hissing: every one passing over it shall be astonished and shall hiss over all her blows.
New American Standard Bible
I will also make this city a
King James 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.
Holman Bible
I will make this city desolate, an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and scoff because of all its wounds.
International Standard Version
I'll make this city into a desolate place and an object of scorn. All who pass by it will be astonished and will scoff because of all its wounds.
A Conservative Version
And I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing. Everyone who passes by it shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues of it.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
I will make this city a desolation and an object of hissing; everyone who passes by it will be amazed and will hiss [in scorn] because of all its plagues and disasters.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
And I will make this city an astonishment and a hissing; every one that passeth by shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
King James 2000
And I will make this city desolate, and a hissing; everyone that passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will make this city a horror, and [an object of] hissing, everyone [who] passes by it will be appalled, and will hiss because of all its wounds.
Modern King James verseion
And I will make this city a waste and a hissing. Everyone who passes by shall be amazed and shall hiss because of all its plagues.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I will make this city so desolate, and despised: that whoso goeth thereby, shall be abashed and jest upon her, because of all her plagues.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
The Emphasized Bible
And I will give their dead bodies for food, to the bird of the heavens and to the beast of the earth; And I will make this city a desolation and a hissing, - every one that passeth by it, shall be astonished and hiss over all her wounds;
Webster
And I will make this city desolate, and a hissing; every one that passeth by it shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
World English Bible
I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Interlinear
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Shamem
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 19:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Valley Of The Slaughter
7 And I emptied out the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them seeking their soul: and I gave their carcasses for food to the fowls of the heavens and to the beasts of the earth. 8 And I set this city for a desolation, and for hissing: every one passing over it shall be astonished and shall hiss over all her blows. 9 And I caused them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and each the flesh of his neighbor shall they eat in the straitness and in the distress which their enemies, and they seeking their souls, shall press upon them.
Cross References
Jeremiah 18:16
To set their land for a desolation, eternal hissings; every one passing over it shall be astonished and shall shake with his head.
1 Kings 9:8
And this house shall be high, every one passing by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss: and they said, For what did Jehovah thus to this land and to this house?
Jeremiah 49:13
For by myself did I swear, says Jehovah, that Bozrah shall be for a desolation, for a reproach, and for a waste, and for a curse; and all her cities shall be for wastes forever.
Jeremiah 50:13
From the wrath of Jehovah she shall not be inhabited, and it was wholly a desolation: every one passing over Babel shall be astonished and shall hiss at all her blows.
Leviticus 26:32
And I laid the land waste, and your enemies were astonished at it, they dwelling upon it
2 Chronicles 7:20-21
And I plucked them up from my land which I gave to them; and this house which I consecrated to my name I will cast from my face, and I will give it for a parable and for a derision among all peoples.
Jeremiah 9:9-11
For these things, shall I not review upon them? says Jehovah; or shall not my soul be avenged upon a nation such as this?
Jeremiah 25:18
Jerusalem and the cities of Judah and her kings, her chiefs, to give them for a waste and for a desolation, and for a hissing and for a cursing; as this day.
Lamentations 2:15-16
All passing by the way clapped their hands at thee; they hissed, and they will nod their head at the daughter of Jerusalem: This the city, they will say; the complete splendor of joy to all the earth.
Zephaniah 2:15
This the exulting city dwelling confidently, saying in her heart, I, and none besides me. How was she for a desolation, a piece of lying down for the beast! all passing by her shall hiss and wave his hand.