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Jeremiah 50:13

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Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Because of the wrath of Jehovah she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

KJV

Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

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This verse in Jeremiah 50

Commentary

2 notes on this verse
Because of the wrath of the Lord, it shall not be inhabited,.... That is, Babylon; which the Targum expresses, "because thou, Babylon, hast provoked the Lord;'' by their idolatry, luxury, ill usage of his people, and profanation of the vessels of the sanctuary; therefore it should be destroyed, and left without an inhabitant in it: but it shall be wholly desolate; as it now is.

This site's exposition

Chaldea will be plundered

on Jeremiah 50:10-20

Verse 17 sums up: “The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.” Verse 20 turns to pardon, “for I will forgive the remnant I preserve,” the forgiveness promised in the new covenant of 31:34.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • מִקֶּ֤צֶףfrom [the] wrath of

    miketzefH7110 →29 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • לֹ֣אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • תֵשֵׁ֔בit will remain

    teshevH3427 →1079 times

  • וְהָיְתָ֥הand it will be

    vehayetahH1961 →3559 times

  • שְׁמָמָ֖הa waste

    shemamahH8077 →57 times

  • כֻּלָּ֑הּall of it

    kulahH3605 →5413 times

  • כֹּ֚לevery

    kolH3605 →5413 times

  • עֹבֵ֣ר[one who] passes by

    ʾoverH5674 →556 times

  • עַל־at

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • בָּבֶ֔לBabylon

    bavelH894 →262 times

  • יִשֹּׁ֥םhe will be appalled

    yishomH8074 →86 times

  • וְיִשְׁרֹ֖קand he may hiss

    veyishrokH8319 →12 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • מַכּוֹתֶֽיהָ׃wounds its

    makoteihaH4347 →48 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 18:16They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.5 worksJeremiah 49:17“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.5 worksJeremiah 51:62and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’4 worksIsaiah 13:20She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.3 worksJeremiah 19:8I 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.3 worksJeremiah 51:29The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Habakkuk 2:6Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’3 worksJeremiah 51:37Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.2 worksJob 27:23It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.2 worksJeremiah 25:12But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.2 worksLamentations 2:15–16All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”2 worksZechariah 1:15but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’2 worksIsaiah 14:4–17you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!2 worksZephaniah 2:15This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.2 worksEzekiel 27:36Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”2 works1 Kings 9:8And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’2 works2 Chronicles 7:21And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’2 worksJeremiah 50:26Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Job 27:23

    It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 9:8

      And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land…

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • Lamentations 2:15

      All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the…

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • 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,…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 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.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Psalms 22:7

      All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

  • Through

    Jeremiah 51:37

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

    it leads to

    • 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.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 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…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 49:17

    “Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 35:7

      I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
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This page draws on John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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