Isaiah 13:20
It will not be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation. 1 The Arab will not pitch his tent there, nor will shepherds have their flocks rest there. 1
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2 Chronicles 17:11Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver as tribute. Arabians also brought him flocks, 7,700 rams, and 7,700 goats.
Isaiah 14:23“I will also make her into a possession of owls, and into pools of water, 1 and I will sweep her with the broom of destruction”—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. 1
Isaiah 34:10It will burn night and day; its smoke will rise forever; 1 from generation to generation it will be a wasteland; no one will pass through it forever and ever. 1
Jeremiah 50:3A nation from the north will arise against it, and make her land a desolation. 1 No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee away. 1
Jeremiah 50:21“Arise against the land of Merathaim, against it and the ones inhabiting Pekod. 1 Put them to the sword and set them apart for destruction—this is Yahweh's declaration—do everything that I am commanding you. 1
Jeremiah 50:45So listen to the plans that Yahweh has decided against Babylon, 1 the plans that he has planned against the land of the Chaldeans. They will certainly be dragged away, 1 even the smallest flock. Their pasturelands will be turned into ruined places. 1
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 →