Jeremiah 50:39
in Jeremiah 50So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Jeremiah 50
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe wild beasts of the desert - Dahler translates these various terms, “The wild cats, the jackals, and the ostriches.” And Blayney the same. Wicklif, “Dragons, woodewoses, and ostriches.” Coverdale, “Wild beestes, apes, and estriches.”
This site's exposition
A sword is against the Chaldeans
on Jeremiah 50:35-40
“A sword is against” repeats through verses 35 to 37, striking Babylon’s officials, wise men, false prophets, warriors, horses, chariots, and treasuries. Verse 38 adds, “A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up.” Herodotus records Cyrus took the city by turning the Euphrates from its bed.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Literally, "daughters of crying." Compare as to spiritual Babylon, Re 18:2. no more inhabited for ever--The accumulation of phrases is to express the final and utter extinction of Babylon; fulfilled not immediately, but by degrees;
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Wild beasts of the islands - Jackals. Owls - Ostriches (marginal reference note).
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֗ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| יֵשְׁב֤וּ | yeshevu | they will dwell | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| צִיִּים֙ | tziyim | desert-dwellers | H6728 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| אִיִּ֔ים | ʾiyim | hyenas | H338 → | |
| וְיָ֥שְׁבוּ | veyashevu | and they will dwell | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בָ֖הּ | vah | in <the> it | ||
| בְּנ֣וֹת | benot | daughters of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| יַֽעֲנָ֑ה | yaanah | an ostrich | H3284 → | |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תֵשֵׁ֥ב | teshev | it will remain | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| עוֹד֙ | ʾod | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| לָנֶ֔צַח | lanetzach | to perpetuity | H5331 → | 43 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִשְׁכּ֖וֹן | tishkon | it will settle | H7931 → | 129 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| דּ֥וֹר | dor | a generation | H1755 → | 167 times |
| וָדֽוֹר׃ | vador | and a generation | H1755 → | 167 times |
לָכֵ֗ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
יֵשְׁב֤וּthey will dwell
yeshevuH3427 →1079 times
צִיִּים֙desert-dwellers
tziyimH6728 →
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
אִיִּ֔יםhyenas
ʾiyimH338 →
וְיָ֥שְׁבוּand they will dwell
veyashevuH3427 →1079 times
בָ֖הּin <the> it
vah
בְּנ֣וֹתdaughters of
benotH1323 →588 times
יַֽעֲנָ֑הan ostrich
yaanahH3284 →
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
תֵשֵׁ֥בit will remain
teshevH3427 →1079 times
עוֹד֙again
ʾodH5750 →490 times
לָנֶ֔צַחto perpetuity
lanetzachH5331 →43 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
תִשְׁכּ֖וֹןit will settle
tishkonH7931 →129 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
דּ֥וֹרa generation
dorH1755 →167 times
וָדֽוֹר׃and a generation
vadorH1755 →167 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
Revelation 18:2And 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…
it leads to
- Revelation 14:8
Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
- Jeremiah 51:8
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
- Jeremiah 51:37
Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 50:39–40
So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
- Jeremiah 51:60–64
Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.
- Revelation 14:8
Through
Jeremiah 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…
it leads to
- Daniel 9:2
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
- Isaiah 13:19
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Jeremiah 29:10
For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
- Daniel 9:2
About Jeremiah

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
