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Jeremiah 5:30

A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

KJV

Stupor et mirabilia facta sunt in terra :

Vulgate

Ἔκστασις καὶ φρικτὰ ἐγενήθη ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

LXX

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

ASV

שַׁמָּה֙ וְ/שַׁ֣עֲרוּרָ֔ה נִהְיְתָ֖ה בָּ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

4 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
שַׁמָּ֔ה
shmh
verb · 40×
שעריריה
sh'ryryh
noun · 5×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hos 6:10 — I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
  • Hos 6:10 — I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
  • Jer 18:13 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
  • Jer 22:22 — The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
  • Jer 23:14 — I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they ar
  • Jer 23:14 — I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they ar
  • Mal 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my
  • Prov 28:4 — They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.