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Jeremiah 51:43

Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

KJV

Factæ sunt civitates ejus in stuporem, terra inhabitabilis et deserta, terra in qua nullus habitet, nec transeat per eam filius hominis.

Vulgate

Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

ASV

הָי֤וּ עָרֶ֨י/הָ֙ לְ/שַׁמָּ֔ה אֶ֖רֶץ צִיָּ֣ה וַ/עֲרָבָ֑ה אֶ֗רֶץ לֹֽא יֵשֵׁ֤ב בָּ/הֵן֙ כָּל אִ֔ישׁ וְ/לֹֽא יַעֲבֹ֥ר בָּ/הֵ֖ן בֶּן אָדָֽם

Hebrew

Her cities are become an astonishment, a land uninhabited and desolate, a land wherein none can dwell, nor son of man pass through it.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הֵ֖ן
hn
pronoun · 13×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עַֽרְבֹ֣ת
'rbt
noun · 61×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
צִיָּ֖ה
tsyh
noun · 16×
שַׁמָּ֔ה
shmh
verb · 40×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 13:20 — It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
  • Isa 13:20 — It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
  • Jer 2:6 — Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shado
  • Jer 50:12 — Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
  • Jer 51:26 — And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 51:29 — And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
  • Jer 51:29 — And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.