Jeremiah 50:39
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 50 connects to 10 cross-references. The great oracle against Babylon begins: the city will be captured and its idols put to shame. Israel will seek the Lord and join an everlasting covenant. God has stirred up a great assemblage of nations from the north against …
Other Translations
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
Therefore dwell do Ziim with Iim, Yea, dwelt in her have daughters of the ostrich, And it is not inhabited any more for ever, Nor dwelt in unto all generations.
For this reason the beasts of the waste land with the wolves will make their holes there and the ostriches will be living in it: never again will men be living there, it will be unpeopled from generation to generation.
Cross References
And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall …
But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and …
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with …
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and …
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch …
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon …
Then shalt thou say, O Lord, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain …
Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any …
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.