Jeremiah 51:37
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
KJV
Et erit Babylon in tumulos, habitatio draconum, stupor et sibilus, eo quod non sit habitator.
Vulgate
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
ASV
וְ/הָיְתָה֩ בָבֶ֨ל לְ/גַלִּ֧ים מְעוֹן תַּנִּ֛ים שַׁמָּ֥ה וּ/שְׁרֵקָ֖ה מֵ/אֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב
Hebrew
And Babylon shall be reduced to heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment and a hissing, because there is no inhabitant.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
בָּבֶ֖ל
bbl
proper_noun · 262×
ו
v
noun · 34×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
מְע֥וֹן
m'vn
noun · 16×
שְׁרֵקָ֔ה
shrqh
noun · 8×
שַׁמָּ֔ה
shmh
verb · 40×
תַנִּֽין
tnyn
noun · 26×
Prophecy
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 26:5 — For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
- Isa 34:13 — And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
- Jer 9:11 — And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
- Jer 18:16 — To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
- Jer 25:9 — Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants there
- Jer 49:17 — Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
- Jer 49:33 — And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
- Jer 51:25 — Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a bu
- Job 15:28 — And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
- Nah 3:6 — And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
- Rev 18:2 — And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and ha
- Rev 18:2 — And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and ha
- Rev 18:18 — And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
- Rev 18:21 — And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.