Jeremiah 49 · Verse 17

Jeremiah 49:17

Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
Jeremiah 49:17, King James Version

Jeremiah 49:17 in other translations

BSB“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
WEB“Edom will become an astonishment. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and will hiss at all its plagues.
ASVAnd Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
YLTAnd Edom hath been for a desolation, Every passer by her is astonished, And doth hiss because of all her plagues.
DARBYAnd Edom shall be an astonishment: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss, because of all the plagues thereof.
BBEAnd Edom will become a cause of wonder: everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.
WebsterAlso Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all her plagues.

What does Jeremiah 49:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. (Compare 1Ki 9:8).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 49:7-22

The Edomites were old enemies to the Israel of God. But their day is now at hand; it is foretold, not only to warn them, but for the sake of the Israel of God, whose afflictions were aggravated by them. Thus Divine judgments go round from nation to nation; the earth is full of commotion, and nothing can escape the ministers of Divine vengeance. The righteousness of God is to be observed amidst the violence of men.

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Jeremiah 49:17 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.

וְהָיְתָ֥הve.ha.ye.Tahand it will becomeH1961
אֱד֖וֹם'e.DomEdomH123
לְשַׁמָּ֑הle.sha.Mah<into> a horrorH8047
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
מַכּוֹתֶֽהָ\׃ma.ko.Te.hawounds itsH4347

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 49:17

  • Ezekiel 35:7

    Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.

  • 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 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.

  • Jeremiah 51:37

    And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 35:15

    As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Isaiah 34:9-15

    And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. …

  • Micah 6:16

    For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

  • 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.

  • 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?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Edom.
13; Isa 34:9-15; Eze 25:13; 35:7,15
every.
18:16; 50:13
shall hiss.
51:37; 1Ki 9:8; 2Ch 7:20,21; La 2:15,16; Mic 6:16; Zep 2:15

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Context

  • Jeremiah 49:16

    Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 49:17

    Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

  • Jeremiah 49:18

    As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.

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Jeremiah 49:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y será Edom en asolamiento: todo aquel que pasare por ella se espantará, y silbará sobre todas sus plagas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Édom sera une désolation; quiconque passera près de lui, sera étonné et sifflera à cause de toutes ses plaies.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Edom soll zum Entsetzen werden; ein jeder, der an demselben vorüberzieht, wird sich entsetzen und zischen über alle seine Plagen
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et erit Idumæa deserta: omnis qui transibit per eam stupebit, et sibilabit super omnes plagas ejus.