Jeremiah 51:37
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 51 connects to 10 cross-references. The oracle against Babylon continues with instructions for Judah's departure: flee out of the midst of Babylon. God's vengeance for Zion's temple is the theme. Jeremiah orders the scroll of Babylon's doom to be tied to a stone and cast …
Other Translations
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
And Babylon hath been for heaps, A habitation of dragons, An astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
And Babylon will become a mass of broken walls, a hole for jackals, a cause of wonder and surprise, without a living man in it.
Cross References
Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, …
And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall …
For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
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 …
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and …
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, to make …
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt …
Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch …
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, …