Jeremiah · יִרְמְיָהוּ

Jeremiah 18:16

לָשׂ֥וּם אַרְצָ֛ם לְשַׁמָּ֖ה שרוקת שְׁרִיק֣וֹת עוֹלָ֑ם כֹּ֚ל עוֹבֵ֣ר עָלֶ֔יהָ יִשֹּׁ֖ם וְיָנִ֥יד בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃
lasvm ʾarṣam lshamah shrvqt shriyqvot ʿvolam kol ʿvober ʿaleyha yishom vyaniyd broʾshvo
King James Version (KJV)

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

Modern English

to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes thereby will be astonished, and shake his head.

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