Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

"An appalling and horrible thing has happened in the land:

New American Standard Bible

“An appalling and horrible thing
Has happened in the land:

King James Version

A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

Holman Bible

A horrible, terrible thing
has taken place in the land.

A Conservative Version

An astonishing and horrible thing has come to pass in the land.

American Standard Version

A wonderful and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:

Amplified


“An appalling and horrible thing [bringing desolation and destruction]
Has come to pass in the land:

Bible in Basic English

A thing of wonder and fear has come about in the land;

Darby Translation

An appalling and horrible thing is committed in the land:

Julia Smith Translation

Astonishment and horror was in the land.

King James 2000

An appalling and horrible thing is committed in the land;

Lexham Expanded Bible

A horrific event and something horrible has happened in the land.

Modern King James verseion

An astounding and horrible thing has happened in the land.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Horrible and grievous things are done in the land.

NET Bible

"Something horrible and shocking is going on in the land of Judah:

New Heart English Bible

"An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.

The Emphasized Bible

An astounding and horrible thing, hath been brought to pass in the land:

Webster

A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

World English Bible

"An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.

Youngs Literal Translation

An astonishing and horrible thing hath been in the land.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁמּה 
Shammah 
Usage: 39

שׁעררת שׁעריריּה שׁערוּרהo 
Sha`aruwrah 
Usage: 4

References

Fausets

Context Readings

An Invasion From The North

29 "Should I not punish them for this?' asks the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself on a nation like this?' 30 "An appalling and horrible thing has happened in the land: 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?"



Cross References

Jeremiah 23:14

Among the prophets of Jerusalem I saw a horrible thing, for they commit adultery and live a lie. They strengthen the hands of those who do evil, so that no one repents of his evil. All of them are like Sodom to me, and her residents like Gomorrah."

Hosea 6:10

I have seen a horrible evil in the house of Israel Ephraim's promiscuity. Israel is defiled.

Isaiah 1:2

Listen, you heavens, and let the earth pay attention, because the LORD has spoken: "I reared children and brought them to adulthood, but then they rebelled against me.

Jeremiah 2:12

Heavens, be appalled at this, be shocked, be utterly devastated," declares the LORD.

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