Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Edom will become an astonishment. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and will hiss at all its plagues.
- BSB “Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
- NKJV “Edom also shall be an astonishment; Everyone who goes by it will be astonished And will hiss at all its plagues.
- NASB “Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will hiss at all its wounds.
- NLT “Edom will be an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will gasp at the destruction they see there.
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Edom will become so devastated that passersby gasp and hiss at its calamities. Its ruin will be a public spectacle of God's judgment.
Overview
The LORD foretells that Edom's downfall will horrify onlookers. Such reactions of astonishment serve as a sober witness to the nations of the cost of opposing God and mistreating His people. The desolation testifies that God vindicates His justice in history.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ezek 35:7Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
- Jer 50:13Because 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.
- Jer 49:13For 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.
- Jer 18:16To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
- Jer 51:37And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
- 1 Kgs 9:8And 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?
- Zeph 2:15This 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.
- Isa 34:9–15And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
- Ezek 35:15As 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.
- Mic 6:16For 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.
- Lam 2:15–16All 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?
- 2 Chr 7:20–21Then 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.
- Ezek 25:13Therefore 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.
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