Jeremiah 19:8

And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

Cross-reference

In Jeremiah 9:9-11, the same judgment on Jerusalem includes desolation and no inhabitant, reinforcing the prophecy of this verse.

Jeremiah 18:16 uses the identical phrase 'desolate, a perpetual hissing; astonished', showing consistency in Jeremiah's judgment language.

Jeremiah 25:18 repeats the same curse formula 'desolation, astonishment, hissing' for Jerusalem as part of the cup of wrath.

Jeremiah 50:13 uses the exact 'astonished and hiss' language for Babylon, showing universal application of judgment.

Jeremiah 29:18 explicitly includes 'hissing' among curses on the exiles — a direct parallel to this verse's threat.

Jeremiah 51:37 applies the same 'desolation and hissing' judgment to Babylon, showing God's justice against all defiant cities.

Jeremiah 49:13 applies a similar desolation formula to Bozrah, extending the same divine judgment to Edom.

1 Kings 9:8 Allusion

1 Kings 9:8 warns of the temple causing passersby to be astonished and hiss, directly paralleling the language here about the city.

2 Chronicles 7:21 states the temple will be an astonishment to all who pass by, closely matching the phrasing of this verse.

Lamentations 2:15 Prophetic fulfillment

Lamentations 2:15 describes the fulfillment as passersby hiss and wag their heads at Jerusalem, confirming the prophecy.

Lamentations 2:16 Prophetic fulfillment

Lamentations 2:16 shows the hissing of enemies fulfilled — they mock Jerusalem's downfall, exactly as threatened.

Zephaniah 2:15 uses identical language of desolation and hissing for Nineveh, applying the same judgment pattern to another proud city.

2 Chronicles 29:8 explicitly states Judah became 'an object of horror, astonishment, and hissing' — a direct echo of this prophecy.

Ezekiel 5:14 echoes the same warning: Jerusalem will become a desolation and reproach among nations, reinforcing the covenant curse.

Micah 6:16 Parallel

Micah 6:16 uses identical language ('desolation, hissing') for Israel's judgment, confirming this is a standard prophetic formula.

Leviticus 26:32 establishes the covenant curse of desolation and astonishment that Jeremiah's prophecy echoes.