Jeremiah 50:39

So desert beasts with the jackals will inhabit there, and the young of ostriches will live in her. 1 For all time, she will no longer be inhabited. From generation to generation, she will not be lived in. 1

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Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

In Context

38A drought is coming on her waters, so they will become dry. 1 For she is a land of worthless idols, and they act like people made insane by their dreadful idols. 1

40Just as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 no one will live there; no person will stay in her.” 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:20It 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

Isaiah 34:11But wild birds and animals will live there; the owl and the raven will make their nest in it. 1 He will stretch over it the measuring line of ruin and the plumbline of destruction. 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 51:26So they will not take from you any stone to construct a building's corner or foundation; 1 for you will become an everlasting devastation—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

Jeremiah 51:43Her cities have become a desolation, a dry land and a wilderness, 1 a land that no one inhabits, and no human being passes through. 1

Revelation 18:2He cried out with a mighty voice, saying, 1 “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! 2 She has become a dwelling place for demons, 1 a refuge for every unclean spirit, 2 and a refuge for every unclean and detestable bird. 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 50:34-46

The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 33 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord , and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon… Read the whole commentary →

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