Jeremiah 18:16

Translations

Modern

They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.

Traditional

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

Literal

…to make their land desolate, an everlasting hissing; all passing by it will be astonished and will nod at it with his head.

Latin

…ut fieret terra eorum in desolationem, et in sibilum sempiternum: omnis qui præterierit per eam obstupescet, et movebit caput suum.

Original

Hebrew

English

They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.

Notes

Jeremiah 18:16–17

The Lord declared judgment on Judah and Jerusalem.
They have made their land a desolation...I will scatter them: Between 605 and 586 BC, Judah and Jerusalem gradually lost their residents.
like the east wind: In the summer, a strong hot wind from the east can blow sand and dust from the desert into Judah.
I will show them My back: The people would no longer have a covenant relationship with the Lord.

Jeremiah 18:13–17

The Lord said he would scatter his people because they left him.

Theme notes and profiles

Apostasy and Renewal The Lord of Nations

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Psalm 22:7
All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
Jeremiah 25:9
…behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
Jeremiah 19:8
I 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.
Ezekiel 33:28–29
I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.
Micah 6:16
You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
1 Kings 9:8
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
Jeremiah 50:13
Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.
Matthew 27:39
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
Jeremiah 49:13
For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”
Mark 15:29
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
Isaiah 37:22
…this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
2 Chronicles 7:20–21
…then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person)

Topics

Church: Backslidden God: Sovereign Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments

Jeremiah 18:16

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