Jeremiah 18:16
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 50:13 describes Babylon as a desolation where passersby hiss — echoing the same horror imagery here.
Jeremiah 49:13 applies the same 'horror, taunt, waste' language to Edom's Bozrah — a parallel judgment on another nation.
Jeremiah 19:8 uses the identical phrase 'horror, a thing to be hissed at' — a direct repetition of this judgment.
Jeremiah 9:11 describes Jerusalem becoming a desolate ruin — reinforcing the same judgment of horror for passersby here.
Jeremiah 51:37 calls Babylon 'an object of horror and scorn' — the same phrase used against Judah now used on Babylon.
Jeremiah 49:17 applies the identical words 'object of horror, all who pass by appalled' to Edom — a parallel oracle.
Jeremiah 44:22 describes the land as 'object of cursing and desolate waste' — same desolation motif from 18:16.
Jeremiah 42:18 repeats the exact phrase 'object of horror and reproach' for those fleeing to Egypt — same judgment formula.
Jeremiah 4:27 also foretells total land ruin, though with a promise of not complete destruction — a parallel covenant judgment.
Mark 15:29 records the same head‑wagging at Jesus; the NT scene typologically echoes Jeremiah's scorned land.
In Matthew 27:39, passersby wag their heads at Jesus on the cross, fulfilling the mockery imagery of Jeremiah's desolation.
In Ezekiel 33:28, the land is made desolate and waste so that none pass through—the same devastating judgment Jeremiah describes.
Lamentations 2:16 describes enemies hissing and gnashing teeth at Jerusalem — the very scorn Jeremiah prophesied in 18:16, now realized in the fall.
In Lamentations 2:15, passersby hiss and wag their heads at Jerusalem—the very mockery Jeremiah 18:16 described.
Psalm 44:14 speaks of being a 'shaking of the head' among nations, directly paralleling the scornful head‑wagging in Jeremiah.
In 1 Kings 9:8, the house becomes ruins and passersby hiss and are astonished—almost identical imagery of scorn.
Deuteronomy 29:23 describes a land burned out and desolate like Sodom — the same covenant curse of utter waste.
Leviticus 26:33 pronounces the covenant curse of land desolation — the very judgment Jeremiah prophesies here.
2 Chronicles 29:8 mentions 'astonishment and hissing' as judgment, directly echoing Jeremiah's language.
Leviticus 26:32 says enemies will be 'astonished' at the desolate land, the same reaction Jeremiah describes.
In 2 Chronicles 7:21, the house becomes ruins and passersby are astonished, similar to the hissing and horror in Jeremiah.
Leviticus 26:43 reiterates the land's desolation and Sabbath rest — the covenant curse background for this horror.
In Leviticus 26:34, the land enjoys its Sabbaths during desolation — a specific detail of the curse reflected here.
Isaiah 37:22 depicts Jerusalem shaking her head at Sennacherib; similar gesture but directed against an enemy rather than Israel.
In Isaiah 6:11, the land is also described as utterly desolate and cities waste—the same judgment of desolation Jeremiah warns about.
Psalm 22:7 shows enemies shaking the head at the sufferer, matching the gesture of scorn in Jeremiah's prophecy.
In Ezekiel 6:14, God makes the land desolate and waste, echoing the desolation threatened in Jeremiah 18:16.
Ezekiel 27:36 says Tyre's merchants scoff at its 'horrible end' — analogous to the appalled passersby here.
In Job 18:20, people are appalled at the wicked's fate — echoing the horror at Jerusalem's desolation here.
Job 16:4 describes shaking the head in derision, a gesture shared with Jeremiah's passersby, though in a personal lament.