Isaiah 13:20

Lo lanetzach (not ever) shall it be inhabited, 1 neither shall it be dwelt in ad dor vador; 1 neither shall the Arab pitch ohel there; 1 neither shall the ro'im rest their flock there. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

In Context

19And Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, 1 the tiferet ga'on Kasdim, 1 shall be as when Elohim overthrew 1 S'dom and Amora (Gomorrah). 1

21But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; 1 and their batim (houses) shall be full of owls; 1 and ostriches shall dwell there, 1 and demons shall dance there. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 17:11Also some of the Pelishtim (Philistines) brought Yehoshaphat minchah, and kesef massa (tribute); and the Arabs brought him tzon, seven thousand seven hundred rams, and seven thousand seven hundred goats.

Isaiah 14:23I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog, 1 and swamps of mayim; 1 and I will sweep it with the mat'ate (broom) of shmad (destruction), 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

Isaiah 34:10It shall not be quenched lailah v'yomam; 1 the ashan (smoke) thereof shall go up l'olam (forever); 1 from dor to dor it shall lie desolate; 1 none shall pass through it l'netzach netzachim. 1

Jeremiah 50:3For out of the tzafon (north) there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land a horror, and none shall dwell therein; they shall wander, they shall depart, both adam and behemah.

Jeremiah 50:21Go up against Eretz Meratayim, even against it, 1 and against the inhabitants of Pekod; 1 lay waste and utterly destroy after them, saith Hashem, 1 and do according to all that I have commanded thee. 1

Jeremiah 50:45Therefore hear ye the etzah of Hashem, that He hath planned against Bavel; and His purposes, that He hath purposed against the Eretz Kasdim; Surely the little ones of the tzon shall be dragged away; surely He shall make their naveh (pasture) desolate because of them.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 13:20-22

The Doom of Babylon. ( b. c. 739.) 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. 22 And… Read the whole commentary →

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