Jeremiah 50:40

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38 ^a¹A drought is against her waters, and they will be dried up.
For it is the land of carved images,
And they are insane with their idols.

39 “Therefore^a the wild desert beasts shall dwell there with the jackals,
And the ostriches shall dwell in it.
^bIt shall be inhabited no more forever,
Nor shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

40 ^aAs God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the Lord,
“So no one shall reside there,
Nor son of man ^bdwell in it.

41 “Behold,^a a people shall come from the north,
And a great nation and many kings
Shall be raised up from the ends of the earth.

42 ^aThey shall hold the bow and the lance;
^bThey are cruel and shall not show mercy.
^cTheir voice shall roar like the sea;
They shall ride on horses,
Set in array, like a man for the battle,
Against you, O daughter of Babylon.

43 “The king of Babylon has ^aheard the report about them,
And his hands grow feeble;
Anguish has taken hold of him,
Pangs as of a woman in ^bchildbirth.

44 “Behold,^a he shall come up like a lion from the¹ floodplain of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place of the strong;
But I will make them suddenly run away from her.
And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?
For who is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And ^bwho is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”

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Adam Clarke

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Jeremiah 50:40

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 Jeremiah 49:18.

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