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Jeremiah 50:39

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.

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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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Original language & word study

18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651 →
יֵשְׁב֤וּye.she.Vuthey will dwellH3427 →
צִיִּים֙tzi.Yimdesert-dwellersH6728 →
אֶת־'et-withH854 →
אִיִּ֔ים'i.YimhyenasH338 →
וְיָ֥שְׁבוּve.Ya.she.vuand they will dwellH3427 →
בָ֖הּvahin <the> it
בְּנ֣וֹתbe.Notdaughters ofH1323 →
יַֽעֲנָ֑הya.'a.Nahan ostrichH3284 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
תֵשֵׁ֥בte.Shevit will remainH3427 →
עוֹד֙'OdagainH5750 →
לָנֶ֔צַחla.Ne.tzachto perpetuityH5331 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
תִשְׁכּ֖וֹןtish.Konit will settleH7931 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
דּ֥וֹרDora generationH1755 →
וָדֽוֹר׃va.Dorand a generationH1755 →

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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 beast.Isaiah 13:20–22She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.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 desolation.Isaiah 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.Isaiah 34:11–17The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.Revelation 18:21–24Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.Jeremiah 51:26No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 50:12–13your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.Isaiah 14:23“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.Jeremiah 51:37–38Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.Jeremiah 51:62–64and 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.’Jeremiah 51:43Her cities have become a desolation, a dry and arid land, a land where no one lives, where no son of man passes through.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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