Jeremiah 18:16
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16 making their land (A)a horror,
a thing (B)to be hissed at forever.
(C)Everyone who passes by it is horrified
(D)and shakes his head.
Psalm 22:7
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Jeremiah 25:9
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9 (A)behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, (B)my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, (C)and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.
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Jeremiah 19:8
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8 And I will make this city (A)a horror, (B)a thing to be hissed at. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its wounds.
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Matthew 27:39
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39 And (A)those who passed by (B)derided him, (C)wagging their heads
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Micah 6:16
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16 For you have kept the statutes of (A)Omri,[a]
and all the works of the house of (B)Ahab;
and you have walked in their counsels,
that I may make you (C)a desolation, and your[b] inhabitants (D)a hissing;
so you shall bear (E)the scorn of my people.”
Footnotes
- Micah 6:16 Hebrew For the statutes of Omri are kept
- Micah 6:16 Hebrew its
Ezekiel 33:28-29
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28 (A)And I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and (B)her proud might shall come to an end, and (C)the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that none will pass through. 29 (D)Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations that they have committed.
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Jeremiah 50:13
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13 (A)Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited
but shall be an utter desolation;
(B)everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled,
(C)and hiss because of all her wounds.
Jeremiah 49:13
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13 (A)For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that (B)Bozrah shall become (C)a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”
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1 Kings 9:8
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8 And this house will become a heap of ruins.[a] Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, (A)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’
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- 1 Kings 9:8 Syriac, Old Latin; Hebrew will become high
Mark 15:29
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29 And (A)those who passed by derided him, (B)wagging their heads and saying, (C)“Aha! (D)You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
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Lamentations 2:15-16
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15 All who pass along the way
clap their hands at you;
(A)they hiss and wag their heads
at the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that was called
(B)the perfection of beauty,
(C)the joy of all the earth?”
16 (D)All your enemies
rail against you;
they hiss, they gnash their teeth,
they cry: “We (E)have swallowed her!
Ah, this is the day we longed for;
now we have it; (F)we see it!”
Isaiah 37:22
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22 this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him:
“‘She despises you, she scorns you—
(A)the virgin daughter of Zion;
she wags her head behind you—
the daughter of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 7:20-21
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20 (A)then I will pluck you[a] up from my land that I have given you, and this house that I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it (B)a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 21 And at this house, which was exalted, everyone passing by will be astonished and say, (C)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’
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- 2 Chronicles 7:20 Hebrew them; twice in this verse
Ezekiel 12:19
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19 And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: (A)They shall eat their bread with anxiety, (B)and drink water in dismay. In this way (C)her land will be stripped of all it contains, (D)on account of the violence of all those who dwell in it.
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Ezekiel 6:14
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14 And (A)I will stretch out my hand against them and (B)make the land desolate and waste, (C)in all their dwelling places, from the wilderness to (D)Riblah.[a] Then (E)they will know that I am the Lord.”
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- Ezekiel 6:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts Diblah
Jeremiah 9:11
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11 (A)I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
(B)a lair of jackals,
(C)and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
without inhabitant.”
Isaiah 6:11
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11 Then I said, (A)“How long, O Lord?”
And he said:
“Until (B)cities lie waste
without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
and the land is a desolate waste,
Psalm 44:14
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- Psalm 44:14 Hebrew a shaking of the head
Deuteronomy 29:23
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23 the whole land burned out with brimstone and (A)salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, (B)an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, (C)Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath—
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Deuteronomy 28:59
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59 then the Lord will bring on you and your offspring extraordinary afflictions, afflictions severe and lasting, and sicknesses grievous and lasting.
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Leviticus 26:43
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43 But (A)the land shall be abandoned by them and enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them, and they shall make amends for their iniquity, because they spurned my rules and their soul abhorred my statutes.
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Leviticus 26:33-34
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33 And (A)I will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
34 (B)“Then the land shall enjoy[a] its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate, while you are in your enemies' land; then the land shall rest, and enjoy its Sabbaths.
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- Leviticus 26:34 Or pay for; twice in this verse; also verse 43
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