16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual derision, so that everyone that passeth thereby, shall be astonished and wag his head,

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16 Their land will be an object of horror(A)
    and of lasting scorn;(B)
all who pass by will be appalled(C)
    and will shake their heads.(D)

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13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that [a]Bozrah shall be waste, and for a reproach, and a desolation, and a curse, and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual desolations.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:13 Which was a chief city of Edom.

13 I swear(A) by myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah(B) will become a ruin and a curse,[a] an object of horror(C) and reproach;(D) and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:13 That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed.

13 Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but shall be wholly desolate: everyone that goeth by Babel, shall be astonished, [a]and hiss at all her plagues.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:13 In sign of contempt and disdain.

13 Because of the Lord’s anger she will not be inhabited
    but will be completely desolate.(A)
All who pass Babylon will be appalled;(B)
    they will scoff(C) because of all her wounds.(D)

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