Jeremiah 18:16
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passes thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
American King James Version (AKJV)
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passes thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
American Standard Version (ASV)
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.
Webster's Revision
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and wag his head.
World English Bible
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
English Revised Version (ERV)
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
Clarke's Jeremiah 18:16 Bible Commentary
A perpetual hissing - שריקות sherikoth. a shrieking, hissing; an expression of contempt.
Barnes's Jeremiah 18:16 Bible Commentary
Hissing - Not derision, but the drawing in of the breath quickly as men do when they shudder.
Way his head - Or, "shake his head," a sign among the Jews not of scorn but of pity. The desolation of the land of Israel is to fill people with dismay.
Wesley's Jeremiah 18:16 Bible Commentary
18:16 Desolate - Not that this was the end they aimed at, but it was the end these courses would certainly issue in.
