Jeremiah 51:37

Translations

Modern

Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.

Traditional

And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

Literal

Babylon will become as heaps, an abode for jackals, a horror and a hissing, without one dwelling.

Latin

Et erit Babylon in tumulos, habitatio draconum, stupor et sibilus, eo quod non sit habitator.

Original

Hebrew

English

Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.

Notes

Jeremiah 51:37

The looting and damage to the city's structures would make visitors feel contempt instead of awe.

Theme notes and profiles

Hope Beyond Judgment Messages Against the Nations The Lord of Nations

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Revelation 18:2
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
Jeremiah 25:9
…behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
Jeremiah 51:25–26
“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
Revelation 18:21–23
Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.
Jeremiah 18:16
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
Isaiah 14:23
“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
Jeremiah 19:8
I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
Jeremiah 29:18
I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.
Jeremiah 50:38–40
A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
Jeremiah 25:18
…to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;
2 Chronicles 29:8
Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.
Isaiah 34:8–17
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

Places

Babylon: Ancient Mesopotamian city, capital of Babylonian Empire, site of the Tower of Babel

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Jackal Nations

Topics

Babylon: Predictions Respecting: Perpetual Desolation of Dragon: A Serpent or the Desert Persia: Prophecies Concerning War: Evils of

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