Verse 8

Jeremiah 19:8

World English Bible, British Edition

8 I will make this city an astonishment and a hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/שַׂמְתִּי֙ אֶת הָ/עִ֣יר הַ/זֹּ֔את לְ/שַׁמָּ֖ה וְ/לִ/שְׁרֵקָ֑ה כֹּ֚ל עֹבֵ֣ר עָלֶ֔י/הָ יִשֹּׁ֥ם וְ/יִשְׁרֹ֖ק עַל כָּל מַכֹּתֶֽ/הָ

English Translation

And I will make this city a desolation and a hissing; everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss at all its plagues.

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Chapter 19 Context

1 Thus said the LORD, “Go, and buy a potter’s earthen container, and take some of the elders of the pe... Focus ↗

2 and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and procla... Focus ↗

3 Say, ‘Hear the LORD’s word, kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: The LORD of Armies, the God... Focus ↗

4 Because they have forsaken me, and have defiled this place, and have burnt incense in it to other go... Focus ↗

5 and have built the high places of Baal to burn their children in the fire for burnt offerings to Baa... Focus ↗

6 Therefore, behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that this place will no more be called ‘Topheth’,... Focus ↗

7 “‘“I will make the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem void in this place. I will cause them to fall by t... Focus ↗

8 I will make this city an astonishment and a hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished an...

9 I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters. They will each ea... Focus ↗

10 “Then you shall break the container in the sight of the men who go with you, Focus ↗

11 and shall tell them, ‘The LORD of Armies says: “Even so I will break this people and this city as on... Focus ↗

12 This is what I will do to this place,” says the LORD, “and to its inhabitants, even making this city... Focus ↗

13 The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, will be as the plac... Focus ↗

14 Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court... Focus ↗

15 “The LORD of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel says, ‘Behold, I will bring on this city and on all... Focus ↗

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