Verse 16
Jeremiah 18:16
Literal Standard Version
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To make their land become a desolation, || A continuous hissing, || Everyone passing by it is astonished, || And bemoans with his head.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לָ/שׂ֥וּם אַרְצָ֛/ם לְ/שַׁמָּ֖ה שרוקת שְׁרִיק֣וֹת עוֹלָ֑ם כֹּ֚ל עוֹבֵ֣ר עָלֶ֔י/הָ יִשֹּׁ֖ם וְ/יָנִ֥יד בְּ/רֹאשֽׁ/וֹ
English Translation
To place their land to waste, a sound of whistles of the world; anyone passing over it will be astonished and shake his head.
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Chapter 18 Context
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The word that has been to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying,
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“Rise, and you have gone down to the potter’s house, and there I cause you to hear My words”;
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and I go down to the potter’s house, and behold, he is doing a work on the stones,
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and the vessel that he is making is marred, as clay in the hand of the potter, and he has turned and...
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And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
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“O house of Israel, am I not able to do to you as this potter?” A declaration of YHWH. “Behold, as c...
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The moment I speak concerning a nation, || And concerning a kingdom, || To pluck up and to break dow...
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And that nation has turned from its evil, || Because I have spoken against it, || Then I have relent...
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And the moment I speak concerning a nation, || And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant,
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And it has done evil in My eyes, || So as not to listen to My voice, || Then I have relented of the...
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And now, speak now to men of Judah, || And against inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, || Thus said YH...
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And they have said, “It is incurable, || For we go after our own plans, || And each of us does the s...
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Therefore, thus said YHWH: “Now ask among the nations, || Who has heard such things? The virgin of I...
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Does snow of Lebanon || Cease from the rock of the field? Will the cold strange waters that are flow...
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But My people have forgotten Me, they make incense to a vain thing, || And they cause them to stumbl...
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To make their land become a desolation, || A continuous hissing, || Everyone passing by it is astoni...
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I scatter them before an enemy as with an east wind, || I show them the neck and not the face, || In...
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And they say, “Come, || And we devise schemes against Jeremiah, || For law does not perish from the...
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Give attention, O YHWH, to me, || And listen to the voice of those contending with me.
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Is evil repaid instead of good, || That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before...
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Therefore, give up their sons to famine, || And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, || And...
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A cry is heard from their houses, || For You suddenly bring a troop against them, || For they dug a...
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And You, O YHWH, You have known, || All their counsel against me is for death, || You do not cover o...
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