Jeremiah 51:37 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 51:37

35 Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon,”
The inhabitant of Zion will say;
“And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
Jerusalem will say.

36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, ^aI will plead your case and take vengeance for you.
^bI will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.

37 ^aBabylon shall become a heap,
A dwelling place for jackals,
^bAn astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.

38 They shall roar together like lions,
They shall growl like lions’ whelps.

39 In their excitement I will prepare their feasts;
^aI will make them drunk,
That they may rejoice,
And sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says the Lord.

40 “I will bring them down
Like lambs to the slaughter,
Like rams with male goats.

41 “Oh, how ^aSheshach is taken!
Oh, how ^bthe praise of the whole earth is seized!
How Babylon has become desolate among the nations!

42 ^aThe sea has come up over Babylon;
She is covered with the multitude of its waves.

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 51:37

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American Standard Version
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.

Amplified® Bible
And Babylon shall become heaps [of ruins], a dwelling place of jackals, a horror (an astonishing desolation) and a hissing [of amazement], without inhabitant.

Contemporary English Version
Babylon will be a pile of rubble where only jackals live. People will laugh, but they will be afraid to walk among the ruins.

Darby English Version
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.

Good News Bible
That country will become a pile of ruins where wild animals live. It will be a horrible sight; no one will live there, and all who see it will be terrified.

King James Version
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

New American Standard Bible
"Babylon will become a heap {of ruins,} a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.

New International Version
Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
a haunt of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,
a place where no one lives.

New King James Version
Babylon shall become a heap,
A dwelling place for jackals,
An astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.

Revised Standard Version
and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, the haunt of jackals, a horror and a hissing, without inhabitant.

Young's Literal Translation
And Babylon hath been for heaps, A habitation of dragons, An astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.

New English Translation
Babylon will become a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there.¹ It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, a place where no one lives.²

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