to express contempt (Job 27:23). The destruction of the temple is thus spoken of (1Ki 9:8). Zechariah (Zec 10:8) speaks of the Lord gathering the house of Judah as it were with a hiss: "I will hiss for them." This expression may be "derived from the noise made to attract bees in hiving, or from the sound naturally made to attract a person's attention."
"And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be astonished and hiss and say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?'
"Men will clap their hands at him And will hiss him from his place.
"I will whistle for them to gather them together, For I have redeemed them; And they will be as numerous as they were before.
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