16 To make their land a (A)desolation,
An object of perpetual (B)hissing;
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished
And (C)shake 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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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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17 “Edom will become an (A)object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will [a](B)hiss at all its wounds.

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  1. Jeremiah 49:17 Or whistle

17 “Edom will become an object of horror;(A)
    all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff
    because of all its wounds.(B)

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13 Because of the wrath of the Lord she will (A)not be inhabited,
But she will be (B)completely desolate;
Everyone who passes by Babylon (C)will be horrified
And will hiss because of all her wounds.

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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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15 This is the (A)presumptuous city
That (B)dwells securely,
Who says in her heart,
(C)I am, and there is no one besides me.”
How she has become a (D)desolation,
A resting place for animals!
(E)Everyone who passes by her will [a]hiss
And wave his hand in contempt.

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  1. Zephaniah 2:15 Or whistle

15 This is the city of revelry(A)
    that lived in safety.(B)
She said to herself,
    “I am the one! And there is none besides me.”(C)
What a ruin she has become,
    a lair for wild beasts!(D)
All who pass by her scoff(E)
    and shake their fists.(F)

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