Jeremiah 49:17
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 49
“Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.”Jeremiah 49:17
What Does Jeremiah 49:17 Mean?
Jeremiah 49:17 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 49, verse 17 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 49:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ezekiel 35:7“Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.”Jeremiah 50:13“Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.”Jeremiah 49:13“For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.”1 Kings 9:8“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?”Jeremiah 18:16“To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.”Jeremiah 51:37“And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.”Obadiah 1:10“For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.”2 Chronicles 7:20“Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.”2 Chronicles 7:21“And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?”Isaiah 34:9“And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.”Jeremiah 49:20“Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.”Jeremiah 49:33“And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.”Lamentations 2:15“All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?”Ezekiel 25:13“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.”Ezekiel 27:36“The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.”Ezekiel 35:9“I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.”Ezekiel 35:15“As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.”Joel 3:19“Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.”Micah 6:16“For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.”Zephaniah 2:15“This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.”
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