Jeremiah 18:16 - Catholic Public Domain Version

And so their land has been given over to desolation and to perpetual hissing. Each one who passes by will be astonished and will shake his head.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

to make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Making their land a desolation and a horror, a thing to be hissed at perpetually; everyone who passes by shall be astounded and horrified and shake his head.

American Standard Version (1901)

to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.

Common English Bible

They have ruined their country and brought utter shame on it. All who pass by are shocked and shake their heads.