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And Edomוְ אֱדוֹםwill becomeהָיְתָהa horror;לְשַׁמָּהeveryoneכֹּלwho passesעֹבֵרby itעָלֶיהָwill be horrifiedיִשֹּׁםand will hissוְיִשְׁרֹקover allעַל כָּלits wounds.מַכּוֹתֶהָ
Jeremiah 49:17
Study it in the app“And Edom will become a horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss over all its wounds.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 49:17, word by word
- And Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appears- will becomeהָיְתָהhayta
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayta” appears- a horrorשַׁמָּהshama
horror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appears- who passesעֹבֵרover
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appears- will be horrifiedיִשֹּׁםyishom
be appalled
To be struck with dread at the ruin.
Where else “yishom” appears- and will hissיִשְׁרֹקyishrok
hiss
To make a sharp sound of astonishment or scorn at ruin.
Where else “yishrok” appears- its woundsמַכּוֹתֶmakote
wound
The harm a blow leaves: a wound or a sore on the body.
Where else “makote” appears
Places in this verse
Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
The context
16Your terror has deceived you, the insolence of your heart, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make high like the eagle your nest, from there I will bring you down, declares YHWH.
17 · This verse (above)
18As at the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, says YHWH, no one will dwell there, nor will a son of man reside in it.