Catholic Public Domain Version
"And so their land has been given over to desolation and to perpetual hissing. Each one who passes by will be astonished and will shake his head. "
— Jeremiah 18:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.”
“to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head. ”
“to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.”
“So their land will become an object of horror. People will forever hiss out their scorn over it. All who pass that way will be filled with horror and will shake their heads in derision.”
“That their land might be given up to desolation, and to a perpetual hissing: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and wag his head.”
“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.”
“To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.”
For this reason, thus says the Lord: “Inquire among the Gentiles. Who has heard of such horrible things as the virgin of Israel has done to excess?
Do the snows of Lebanon fail to fall on the rocks of the field? Or are the cold waters, which burst forth and flow down, able to be rooted out?
Yet my people have forgotten me, offering useless libations, and stumbling in their ways, in the paths of the world, so that they walk by these on an unmarked route.
And so their land has been given over to desolation and to perpetual hissing. Each one who passes by will be astonished and will shake his head.
Like a burning wind, I will disperse them in the sight the enemy. I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their perdition.”
And they said: “Come, and let us devise a plan against Jeremiah. For the law will not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor a sermon from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words.”
Attend to me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my adversaries.