1 Kings 9:8
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8 (A)and this house shall become a heap of ruins. Every passerby shall gasp in horror and ask, “Why has the Lord done such things to this land and to this house?”
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Jeremiah 9:11
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11 Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken? Let him declare it!
Why is the land ravaged,
scorched like a wilderness no one crosses?(A)
Jeremiah 18:16
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16 Their land shall be made a waste,
an object of endless hissing:[a]
All passersby will be horrified,
shaking their heads.(A)
Footnotes
- 18:16 Hissing: in some ancient Near Eastern cultures hissing was not only a sign of derision but a magical means of keeping demons away; people hissed in order to ward off danger, like whistling in a cemetery.
Jeremiah 19:8
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8 I will make this city a waste and an object of hissing. Because of all its wounds, every passerby will be horrified and hiss.
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Jeremiah 25:18
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18 to Jerusalem, the cities of Judah, its kings and princes, to make them a ruin and a waste, an object of hissing and cursing, as they are today;
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