I will also turn this city into an object of (A)horror and [a]hissing; (B)everyone who passes by it will be appalled and [b]hiss because of all its [c]disasters.

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  1. Jeremiah 19:8 Or whistling
  2. Jeremiah 19:8 Or whistle
  3. Jeremiah 19:8 Lit wounds

I will devastate this city and make it an object of horror and scorn;(A) all who pass by will be appalled(B) and will scoff because of all its wounds.(C)

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behold, I will (A)send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (B)My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these surrounding nations; and I will [a]completely destroy them and (C)make them an object of horror and [b]hissing, and an everlasting place of ruins.

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  1. Jeremiah 25:9 Or put them under the ban
  2. Jeremiah 25:9 Or whistling

I will summon(A) all the peoples of the north(B) and my servant(C) Nebuchadnezzar(D) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy[a](E) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,(F) and an everlasting ruin.(G)

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  1. Jeremiah 25:9 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

18 To (A)Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, and its kings and its officials, to make them places of ruins, objects of horror, [a]hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;

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  1. Jeremiah 25:18 Or whistling

18 Jerusalem(A) and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin(B) and an object of horror and scorn,(C) a curse[a](D)—as they are today;(E)

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  1. Jeremiah 25:18 That is, their names to be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, to be seen by others as cursed

18 I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with plague; and I will (A)make them an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a (B)curse and an object of horror and [a](C)hissing, and a disgrace among all the nations where I have driven them,

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  1. Jeremiah 29:18 Or whistling

18 I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent(A) to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse[a](B) and an object of horror,(C) of scorn(D) and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them.

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  1. Jeremiah 29:18 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see verse 22); or, others will see that they are cursed.