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All who pass by will be appalled and will gasp at the destruction they see there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/49.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Edom shall become a horror. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/49.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/49.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/49.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Edom also shall be an astonishment; Everyone who goes by it will be astonished And will hiss at all its plagues.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/49.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will hiss at all its wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/49.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss at all its wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/49.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss at all its wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/49.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss at all its wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/49.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who goes by it will be astonished and shall hiss [scornfully] at all its plagues <i>and</i> disasters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/49.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Edom will become a desolation. Everyone who passes by her will be appalled and scoff because of all her wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/49.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220Edom will become a desolation. Everyone who passes by her will be horrified and scoff because of all her wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/49.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/49.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />People passing by your country will be shocked and horrified to see a disaster <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/49.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall he astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/49.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Then Edom will become something horrible. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and hiss at all its wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/49.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD said, "The destruction that will come on Edom will be so terrible that everyone who passes by will be shocked and terrified. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/49.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Edom will become an object of horror. Everyone who passes by her will be horrified and will scoff because of all her wounds. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/49.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/49.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by it will be filled with horror; they will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/49.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Edom shall become an astonishment: everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/49.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all her plagues.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/49.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Edom will become an astonishment. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and will hiss at all its plagues. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/49.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Edom has been for a desolation, "" Everyone passing by her is astonished, "" And hisses because of all her plagues.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/49.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Edom hath been for a desolation, Every passer by her is astonished, And doth hiss because of all her plagues.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/49.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Edom was for a desolation: all passing over her shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all her blows.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/49.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Edom shall be desolate: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/49.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Idumea will be a desert. Everyone who passes by it will be stupefied and will hiss over all its wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/49.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Edom shall become an object of horror. Passersby recoil in terror, hissing at all its wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/49.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Edom shall become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/49.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Edom shall become a desolation; every one who passes by it shall be astonished and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/49.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Edum shall be a wilderness, and everyone who passes by over it shall be astonished and shall hiss at all her plagues<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/49.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Edom shall become an astonishment; Every one that passeth by it Shall be astonished and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/49.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Idumea shall be a desert: every one that passes by shall hiss at it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=14923" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/49.htm">The Judgment on Edom</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/123.htm" title="123: ’ĕ·ḏō·wm (N-proper-ms) -- The name of a condiment. Or oedowm; from 'adom; red; Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region occupied by him.">“Edom</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yə·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will become</a> <a href="/hebrew/8047.htm" title="8047: lə·šam·māh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Waste, horror. From shamem; ruin; by implication, consternation.">an object of horror.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kōl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘ō·ḇêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">who pass</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/8074.htm" title="8074: yiš·šōm (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be desolated or appalled. A primitive root; to stun, i.e. Devastate or stupefy.">will be appalled</a> <a href="/hebrew/8319.htm" title="8319: wə·yiš·rōq (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3ms) -- To hiss, whistle, pipe. A primitive root; properly, to be shrill, i.e. To whistle or hiss.">and will scoff</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">at</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4347.htm" title="4347: mak·kō·w·ṯe·hā (N-fpc:: 3fs) -- A blow, wound, slaughter. Or makkeh; from nakah; a blow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence.">her wounds.</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-3.htm">Obadiah 1:3-4</a></span><br />The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ / Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9-11</a></span><br />Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch. / It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it. / The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/25-13.htm">Ezekiel 25:13-14</a></span><br />therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword. / I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-3.htm">Malachi 1:3-4</a></span><br />but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” / Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/35-3.htm">Ezekiel 35:3-4</a></span><br />and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste. / I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-23.htm">Isaiah 14:23</a></span><br />“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/32-29.htm">Ezekiel 32:29-30</a></span><br />Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit. / All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5-6</a></span><br />When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. / The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/35-7.htm">Ezekiel 35:7-9</a></span><br />I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go. / I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines. / I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">Isaiah 13:6-9</a></span><br />Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. / Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt. / Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/35-15.htm">Ezekiel 35:15</a></span><br />As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-13.htm">Isaiah 34:13-15</a></span><br />Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches. / The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose. / There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-5.htm">Ezekiel 36:5</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Isaiah 34:2-4</a></span><br />The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. / Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. / All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.</p><p class="hdg">Edom</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/49-13.htm">Jeremiah 49:13</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9-15</a></b></br> And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/25-13.htm">Ezekiel 25:13</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">every</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/18-16.htm">Jeremiah 18:16</a></b></br> To make their land desolate, <i>and</i> a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-13.htm">Jeremiah 50:13</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">shall hiss</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37</a></b></br> And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/9-8.htm">1 Kings 9:8</a></b></br> And at this house, <i>which</i> is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; 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This prophecy against Edom reflects the judgment of God due to their pride and hostility towards Israel (<a href="/obadiah/1-3.htm">Obadiah 1:3-4</a>). Historically, Edom was located south of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan. The prophecy indicates a complete desolation, aligning with other biblical prophecies (<a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5-15</a>). The term "object of horror" suggests a transformation from a once-thriving nation to a desolate wasteland, serving as a warning to other nations about the consequences of opposing God's people.<p><b>All who pass by will be appalled</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the extent of Edom's destruction. Travelers witnessing the devastation would be shocked and dismayed. This reaction is similar to the response to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-28</a>), where the sight of the ruins served as a testament to divine judgment. The appalling sight would serve as a visual reminder of God's power and justice, reinforcing the seriousness of Edom's sins.<p><b>and will scoff at all her wounds.</b><br>The scoffing indicates a sense of derision and mockery from onlookers. Edom's wounds symbolize the consequences of their actions and the fulfillment of divine retribution. This mirrors the fate of other nations that opposed Israel, such as Babylon (<a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a>). The wounds also suggest a complete and irreversible downfall, highlighting the futility of opposing God's will. The imagery of wounds can be seen as a type of Christ, who bore wounds for humanity's sins, contrasting Edom's deserved punishment with Christ's redemptive suffering.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/edom.htm">Edom</a></b><br>A nation descended from Esau, Jacob's brother. Historically, Edom was often in conflict with Israel and is frequently mentioned in the prophetic books as an example of God's judgment against pride and hostility towards His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his messages of judgment and hope. He prophesied during the final years of the kingdom of Judah, warning of impending destruction due to the people's unfaithfulness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_of_nations.htm">Judgment of Nations</a></b><br>This event refers to God's pronouncement of judgment against various nations, including Edom, for their sins and opposition to Israel. It serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty over all nations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride.htm">The Consequences of Pride</a></b><br>Edom's downfall serves as a warning against pride and arrogance. Pride can lead to a nation's or individual's downfall, as it blinds us to our need for God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>The judgment against Edom demonstrates God's control over all nations and His commitment to justice. No nation or person is beyond His reach.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_humility.htm">The Importance of Humility</a></b><br>In contrast to Edom's pride, believers are called to live humbly before God, recognizing our dependence on Him for everything.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophecy.htm">The Role of Prophecy</a></b><br>Prophecies like those against Edom remind us of the importance of listening to God's warnings and aligning our lives with His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_sin_on_communities.htm">The Impact of Sin on Communities</a></b><br>Edom's judgment shows how sin can affect entire communities and nations, leading to widespread devastation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_49.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 49</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_edom's_fate_in_the_bible.htm">What fate awaits Edom according to biblical prophecies?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_ezekiel_35_conflict_with_other_scriptures.htm">Does Ezekiel 35 conflict with other scriptures that suggest different fates or timelines for Edom?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_isaiah_34_10-11_claim_desolation.htm">Why does the text in Isaiah 34:10–11 claim permanent desolation when other biblical passages speak of possible restoration? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_isaiah_17_unfulfilled.htm">Why does Isaiah 17’s prophecy appear unfulfilled when compared to other passages predicting judgments on Israel’s neighbors that were historically verified?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/49.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">Edom shall be a desolation.</span>--The words did not receive an immediate or even a rapid fulfilment. Idumaea was a populous and powerful country in the time of John Hyrcanus. Petra, as we have seen, was rebuilt by the Romans as a centre of trade and government, and had its baths, and theatres, and temples. But the end came at last, and there are few lands, once the seat of a thriving nation, more utterly desolate than that of Edom. From the ninth century of the Christian era it disappears from history (Robinson's <span class= "ital">Researches, ii.</span> 575).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/49.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">A desolation;</span> rather, <span class="accented">an astonishment.</span> The word is from the same root as the following verb. The phrase is characteristic of Jeremiah, who has no scruple in repeating a forcible expression, and so enforcing an important truth (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Jeremiah 25:11, 38</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/50-23.htm">Jeremiah 50:23</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/51-43.htm">Jeremiah 51:43</a>). What so "astonishing" as the reverses of once flourishing kingdoms! For the Bible knows nothing of the "necessity" of the decay and death of nations. The "covenant" which Jehovah offers contains the pledge of indestructibility. <span class="cmt_word">Everyone that goeth by it,</span> etc. Another self-reminiscence (see <a href="/jeremiah/19-8.htm">Jeremiah 19:8</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Edom</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱד֖וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·ḏō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_123.htm">Strong's 123: </a> </span><span class="str2">The name of a condiment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will become</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיְתָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an object of horror.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשַׁמָּ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šam·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8047.htm">Strong's 8047: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruin, consternation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Everyone</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֚ל</span> <span class="translit">(kōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who passes</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹבֵ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·ḇêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלֶ֔יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·le·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be appalled</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשֹּׁ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·šōm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8074.htm">Strong's 8074: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stun, devastate, stupefy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and will scoff</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִשְׁרֹ֖ק</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yiš·rōq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8319.htm">Strong's 8319: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be shrill, to whistle, hiss</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because of</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its wounds.</span><br /><span class="heb">מַכּוֹתֶֽהָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mak·kō·w·ṯe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4347.htm">Strong's 4347: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wound, carnage, pestilence</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Jeremiah 49:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Jeremiah 49:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Jeremiah 49:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Jeremiah 49:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Jeremiah 49:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Jeremiah 49:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Jeremiah 49:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Jeremiah 49:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Jeremiah 49:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Jeremiah 49:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/49-17.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 49:17 Edom shall become an astonishment: everyone who (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/49-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 49:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 49:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/49-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 49:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 49:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>