Jeremiah 49:33

And Chatzor shall be a ma'on (dwelling) for jackals, 1 and a desolation ad olam (forever); 1 there shall no ish abide there, 1 nor any ben adam dwell in it.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.

In Context

32And their gemalim (camels) shall be for plunder, 1 and the multitude of their mikneh (herds) a plunder; 1 and I will scatter unto kol ruach (all winds) 1 them that cut off the [hair] corners; 1 and I will bring their calamity 1 from all sides thereof, saith Hashem. 1

34The Devar Hashem that came to Yirmeyah HaNavi against Eilam in the beginning of the reign of Tzidkiyah Melech Yehudah, saying:

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Cross References

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 34:13And sirim (thorns) shall come up in her citadels, 1 nettles and brambles in the strongholds thereof; 1 and it shall become the habitation of jackals, 1 and the abode for banot ya'anah (ostriches). 1

Jeremiah 9:11Who is the ish hechacham (wise man), that may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of Hashem hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what HaAretz perisheth and is scorched like a midbar, that none passeth through?

Jeremiah 49:17Also Edom shall be a horror; every one that goeth by it shall be appalled, and shall hiss at all the makkot (wounds, blows) thereof.

Jeremiah 50:39Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the hyenas shall dwell in her, + 50:39 Babylon and the ostriches shall dwell therein; and it shall be no more inhabited lanetzach (forever); neither shall it be dwelt in from dor vador.

Zephaniah 2:9Therefore as I live, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os, Elohei Yisroel: 1 Surely Moav shall be as Sodom, 1 and the Bnei Ammon as Amora (Gomorrah), 1 a place of weeds and salt pits, 1 and desolation ad olam; 1 the She'erit Ami shall plunder them, 1 and the remnant of My nation shall possess them. 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:29-34

The Judgment of Kedar. ( b. c. 595.) 28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the Lord ; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. 29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side. 30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the Lord ; for Nebuchadrezzar… Read the whole commentary →

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