Jeremiah 49:17
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱדֹם
ʼĔdôm
Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
שְׁמָמָה
shᵉmâmâh
devastation; figuratively, astonishment
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
שָׁמֵם
shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
שָׁרַק
shâraq
properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)
מַכָּה
makkâh
a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁרַק shâraq
properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)
Study H8319 →שָׁמֵם shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
Study H8074 →אֱדֹם ʼĔdôm
Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
Study H123 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →Cross References
Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
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.
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.
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?
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
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 b...
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 k...
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 sha...
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 swor...
Welcome to LOGOS Study
Your complete Bible study toolkit