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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 18:16 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 18:16 |
King James |
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
hissing-- (Kg1 9:8). In sign of contempt. That which was to be only the event is ascribed to the purpose of the people, although altogether different from what they would have been likely to hope for. Their purpose is represented as being the destruction of their country, because it was the inevitable result of their course of acting.
wag . . . head--in mockery (Kg2 19:21; Mat 27:39). As "wag . . . head" answers to "hissing," so "astonished" answers to "desolate," for which, therefore, MUNSTER and others rather translate, "an object of wonder" (Jer 19:8). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Desolate - Not that this was the end they aimed at, but it was the end these courses would certainly issue in. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| A perpetual hissing - שריקות sherikoth. a shrieking, hissing; an expression of contempt. |
8 And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?