John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 19:8

"And I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof." — Jeremiah 19:8 (ASV)

And I will make this city desolate, and a hissing: A hissing to its enemies; a hissing because desolate; when its walls should be broken down, its houses burnt with fire, and its inhabitants put to the sword, or carried captive: everyone that passes by it shall be astonished, and hiss; surprised to see the desolations of it; that a city once so famous and flourishing should be reduced to such a miserable condition; and yet hiss by way of detestation and abhorrence of it, and for joy at its ruin: because of all the plagues of it: by which it was brought to desolation, as the sword, famine, burning, and captivity.