Jeremiah 19 · Verse 8

Jeremiah 19:8

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.
Jeremiah 19:8, King James Version

Jeremiah 19:8 in other translations

BSBI will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
WEBI will make this city an astonishment and a hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTand 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.
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Jeremiah 19:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. (See on Jr 18:16).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 19:1-9

By the type of breaking an earthen vessel, Jeremiah is to predict the destruction of Judah. Verses 1-9 The prophet must give notice of ruin coming upon Judah and Jerusalem. Both rulers and ruled must attend to it. That place which holiness made the joy of the whole earth, sin made the reproach and shame of the whole earth. There is no fleeing from God's justice, but by fleeing to his mercy.

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Jeremiah 19:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְשַׂמְתִּי֙ve.sam.Tiand I will makeH7760
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעִ֣ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
הַזֹּ֔אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
לְשַׁמָּ֖הle.sha.Mahinto a wasteH8047
וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֑הve.lish.re.Kahand into a hissingH8322
כֹּ֚לkoleveryH3605
עֹבֵ֣ר'o.Ver[one who] passes byH5674
עָלֶ֔יהָ'a.Lei.haat itH5921
יִשֹּׁ֥םyi.Shomhe will be appalledH8074
וְיִשְׁרֹ֖קve.yish.Rokand he may hissH8319
עַל\־'al-onH5921
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
מַכֹּתֶֽהָ\׃ma.ko.Te.hawounds itsH4347

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Cross references for Jeremiah 19:8

  • Jeremiah 18:16

    To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

  • 1 Kings 9:8

    And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?

  • Jeremiah 49:13

    For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:20-21

    Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

  • Jeremiah 50:13

    Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

  • Jeremiah 25:18

    To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;

  • Zephaniah 2:15

    This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

  • Leviticus 26:32

    And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

  • Jeremiah 9:9-11

    Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

  • Lamentations 2:15-16

    All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
9:9-11; 18:16; 25:18; 49:13; 50:13; Le 26:32; 1Ki 9:8; 2Ch 7:20,21
La 2:15,16; Zep 2:15

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Context

  • Jeremiah 19:7

    And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 19:8

    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.

  • Jeremiah 19:9

    And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.

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Jeremiah 19:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y pondré á esta ciudad por espanto y silbo: todo aquel que pasare por ella se maravillará, y silbará sobre todas sus plagas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je ferai de cette ville un sujet d’étonnement et de sifflement: quiconque passera à côté d’elle s’étonnera et sifflera sur toutes ses plaies.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde diese Stadt zum Entsetzen und zum Gezisch machen: jeder, der an ihr vorüberzieht, wird sich entsetzen und zischen über alle ihre Plagen
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et ponam civitatem hanc in stuporem, et in sibilum: omnis qui præterierit per eam obstupescet, et sibilabit super universa plaga ejus.