Jeremiah 51:26
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26 No rock will be taken from you for a cornerstone,
nor any stone for a foundation,
for you will be desolate(A) forever,”
declares the Lord.
Isaiah 13:19-22
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19 Babylon,(A) the jewel of kingdoms,(B)
the pride and glory(C) of the Babylonians,[a]
will be overthrown(D) by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.(E)
20 She will never be inhabited(F)
or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads(G) will pitch their tents,
there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
21 But desert creatures(H) will lie there,
jackals(I) will fill her houses;
there the owls(J) will dwell,
and there the wild goats(K) will leap about.
22 Hyenas(L) will inhabit her strongholds,(M)
jackals(N) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,(O)
and her days will not be prolonged.(P)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:19 Or Chaldeans
Jeremiah 51:43
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Jeremiah 50:12-13
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12 your mother will be greatly ashamed;
she who gave you birth will be disgraced.(A)
She will be the least of the nations—
a wilderness, a dry land, a desert.(B)
13 Because of the Lord’s anger she will not be inhabited
but will be completely desolate.(C)
All who pass Babylon will be appalled;(D)
they will scoff(E) because of all her wounds.(F)
Revelation 18:20-24
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20 “Rejoice over her, you heavens!(A)
Rejoice, you people of God!
Rejoice, apostles and prophets!
For God has judged her
with the judgment she imposed on you.”(B)
The Finality of Babylon’s Doom
21 Then a mighty angel(C) picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea,(D) and said:
“With such violence
the great city(E) of Babylon will be thrown down,
never to be found again.
22 The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters,
will never be heard in you again.(F)
No worker of any trade
will ever be found in you again.
The sound of a millstone
will never be heard in you again.(G)
23 The light of a lamp
will never shine in you again.
The voice of bridegroom and bride
will never be heard in you again.(H)
Your merchants were the world’s important people.(I)
By your magic spell(J) all the nations were led astray.
24 In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people,(K)
of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”(L)
Jeremiah 51:37
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Jeremiah 51:29
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Jeremiah 50:40-41
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Isaiah 34:8-17
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8 For the Lord has a day(A) of vengeance,(B)
a year of retribution,(C) to uphold Zion’s cause.
9 Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
her dust into burning sulfur;(D)
her land will become blazing pitch!
10 It will not be quenched(E) night or day;
its smoke will rise forever.(F)
From generation to generation(G) it will lie desolate;(H)
no one will ever pass through it again.
11 The desert owl[a](I) and screech owl[b] will possess it;
the great owl[c] and the raven(J) will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom(K)
the measuring line of chaos(L)
and the plumb line(M) of desolation.
12 Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
all her princes(N) will vanish(O) away.
13 Thorns(P) will overrun her citadels,
nettles and brambles her strongholds.(Q)
She will become a haunt for jackals,(R)
a home for owls.(S)
14 Desert creatures(T) will meet with hyenas,(U)
and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures(V) will also lie down
and find for themselves places of rest.
15 The owl will nest there and lay eggs,
she will hatch them, and care for her young
under the shadow of her wings;(W)
there also the falcons(X) will gather,
each with its mate.
16 Look in the scroll(Y) of the Lord and read:
None of these will be missing,(Z)
not one will lack her mate.
For it is his mouth(AA) that has given the order,(AB)
and his Spirit will gather them together.
17 He allots their portions;(AC)
his hand distributes them by measure.
They will possess it forever
and dwell there from generation to generation.(AD)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
- Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
- Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
Isaiah 14:23
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