Jeremiah 50:40
in Jeremiah 50As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
KJV
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
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This verse in Jeremiah 50
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAs God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord,.... Admah and Zeboim: so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein; the same is said concerning Edom; See Gill on Jer 49:18.
This site's exposition
A sword is upon the Chaldeans
on Jeremiah 50:35-40
The sword refrain sweeps through Babylon class by class, princes, wise men, horses and chariots, treasures, seven strokes in five verses naming everyone from the court's counselors to its wealth. Verse 38 adds a drought upon her waters, dried up, which later history reads literally, Cyrus's forces diverting the Euphrates to enter the city by its own riverbed, the detail the bench treats as prophecy matched by the event. The comparison to Sodom and Gomorrah at verse 40, no man to abide there, states the permanence of the desolation the same way chapter 49 states it for Edom.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
No man - Cyrus only made them tributaries, and took away their government. But Seleucus Nicanor, a Grecian prince, utterly destroyed Babylon, so that in the time of Adrian the Roman emperor, there was nothing left standing of that great city.
The same was foretold concerning Edom, ch. xlix. As the Chaldeans had laid Edom waste, so they shall themselves be laid waste. (3.) The king and kingdom shall be put into the utmost confusion and consternation by the enemies' invading them,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
As God overthrew Sodom - As the very ground on which these cities stood, with all the plain, now lies under the Dead Sea; so Babylon and the adjacent country shall be rendered totally barren and unfruitful, and utterly incapable of being inhabited. And this is the fact concerning both countries. See Jer 49:18.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֨ת | kemahpekhat | like [the] overthrow of | H4114 → | |
| אֱלֹהִ֜ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| סְדֹ֧ם | sedom | Sodom | H5467 → | 39 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲמֹרָ֛ה | ʾamorah | Gomorrah | H6017 → | 19 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁכֵנֶ֖יהָ | shekheneiha | neighbors its | H7934 → | 20 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֵשֵׁ֥ב | yeshev | he will dwell | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| שָׁם֙ | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| אִ֔ישׁ | ʾish | anyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָג֥וּר | yagur | he will sojourn | H1481 → | 97 times |
| בָּ֖הּ | bah | in <the> it | ||
| בֶּן־ | ben- | a child of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָדָֽם׃ | ʾadam | humankind | H120 → | 551 times |
כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֨תlike [the] overthrow of
kemahpekhatH4114 →
אֱלֹהִ֜יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
סְדֹ֧םSodom
sedomH5467 →39 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
עֲמֹרָ֛הGomorrah
ʾamorahH6017 →19 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שְׁכֵנֶ֖יהָneighbors its
shekheneihaH7934 →20 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יֵשֵׁ֥בhe will dwell
yeshevH3427 →1079 times
שָׁם֙there
shamH8033 →834 times
אִ֔ישׁanyone
ʾishH376 →1663 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָג֥וּרhe will sojourn
yagurH1481 →97 times
בָּ֖הּin <the> it
bah
בֶּן־a child of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אָדָֽם׃humankind
ʾadamH120 →551 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jude 1:7In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Romans 1:26–27
For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
- 2 Peter 2:6
if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
- Genesis 19:24–26
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
- Genesis 18:20
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
- Deuteronomy 29:23
Through
Jeremiah 49:18As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 49:33
“Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”
- Job 18:15–18
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
- Genesis 19:24–25
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
- Jeremiah 49:33
About Jeremiah

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
