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1 Kings 9:8

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 8 And this house itself will become heaps of ruins.*+ Everyone passing by it will stare in amazement+ and will certainly whistle and say, ‘For what reason did Jehovah do like that to this land and this house?’+

Jeremiah 18:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 16 in order to make their land an object of astonishment,+ for whistling at to time indefinite.+ Every last one passing along by it will stare in astonishment and shake his head.+

Lamentations 2:15

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 15 At you all those passing along on the road have clapped their hands.+
  They have whistled+ and kept wagging their head+ at the daughter of Jerusalem, [saying:]
  “Is this the city of which they used to say, ‘It is the perfection of prettiness, an exultation for all the earth’?”+