Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jeremiah 49:17 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Jeremiah 49:17 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 49 verse 17 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 49:17
Edom shall be a desolation (לְשַׁמָּה תִּהְיֶה, l'shammah tihyeh)—The noun shammah denotes horrified astonishment at judgment, used frequently in Jeremiah's oracles (see 2:15, 18:16). Every one that goeth by it shall be astonished (יִשֹּׁם, yisshom)—travelers will hiss (שָׁרַק, sharaq), a sound expressing derision and horror, drawing attention to God's judicial handiwork.This prophetic perfect tense treats future judgment as accomplished fact, demonstrating Yahweh's sovereign control over history. The clause all the plagues thereof (מַכּוֹתֶיהָ, makkoteha) employs Exodus language, suggesting E...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 49:17
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“Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate”
“but she shall be wholly desolate: everyone who goes by Babylon shall be astonished”
“says Yahweh”
“and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished”
“a dwelling place for jackals”
“yet shall everyone who passes by it be astonished”
“because it was desolate”
“its dust into sulfur”
“which I have made holy for my name”
“and all the works of the house of Ahab. You walk in their counsels”