King James Version

Jeremiah 5:30

A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

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שַׁמָּה֙shamahastonishmentשַׁמָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “astonishment”, the ordinary formH8047ruin; by implication, consternationastonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.וְשַׁ֣עֲרוּרָ֔הveshaarurahand horrible thingשַׁעֲרוּרָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and horrible thing”, the ordinary formH8186something fearfulhorrible thing.נִהְיְתָ֖הnihyetahbeהָיָהverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.בָּאָֽרֶץbaaretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

An appalling and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

An astonishing and horrible thing hath been in the land.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

An appalling and horrible thing is committed in the land:

Douay-Rheims

Astonishing and wonderful things have been done in the land.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

An appalling and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Shocking and horrible deeds have been done on the land;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔκστασις καὶ φρικτὰ ἐγενήθη ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.