Isaiah 13:20
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20 (A)It will never be inhabited
or lived in for all generations;
no (B)Arab will pitch his tent there;
no (C)shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
Jeremiah 51:43
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43 Her cities have become a horror,
(A)a land of drought and a desert,
(B)a land in which no one dwells,
and through which no son of man passes.
Isaiah 14:23
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23 “And I will make it a possession of the (A)hedgehog,[a] and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of hosts.
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- Isaiah 14:23 Possibly porcupine, or owl
Jeremiah 51:29
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29 (A)The land trembles and writhes in pain,
(B)for the Lord's purposes against Babylon stand,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation,
without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 51:25
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25 “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,
declares the Lord,
which destroys the whole earth;
I will stretch out my hand against you,
and roll you down from the crags,
(A)and make you a burnt mountain.
Jeremiah 50:45
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45 Therefore hear (A)the plan that the Lord has made against Babylon, (B)and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: (C)Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.
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Jeremiah 50:39
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39 (A)“Therefore wild beasts shall dwell with hyenas in Babylon,[a] and ostriches shall dwell in her. She shall never again have people, nor be inhabited for all generations.
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- Jeremiah 50:39 Hebrew lacks in Babylon
Jeremiah 50:21
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21 “Go up against the land of Merathaim,[a]
and against the inhabitants of Pekod.[b]
Kill, (A)and devote them to destruction,[c]
declares the Lord,
and do all that I have commanded you.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:21 Merathaim means double rebellion
- Jeremiah 50:21 Pekod means punishment
- Jeremiah 50:21 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
Jeremiah 50:13
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13 (A)Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited
but shall be an utter desolation;
(B)everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled,
(C)and hiss because of all her wounds.
Jeremiah 50:3
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3 “For (A)out of the north a nation has come up against her, (B)which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it; (C)both man and beast shall flee away.
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Isaiah 34:10-15
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10 Night and day (A)it shall not be quenched;
(B)its smoke shall go up forever.
(C)From generation to generation it shall lie waste;
none shall pass through it forever and ever.
11 (D)But the hawk and the porcupine[a] shall possess it,
the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
(E)He shall stretch the line of (F)confusion[b] over it,
and the plumb line of emptiness.
12 Its nobles—there is no one there to call it a kingdom,
and all its princes shall be nothing.
13 (G)Thorns shall grow over its strongholds,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of (H)jackals,
an abode for ostriches.[c]
14 (I)And wild animals shall meet with hyenas;
the wild goat shall cry to his fellow;
indeed, there the night bird[d] settles
and finds for herself a resting place.
15 There the owl nests and lays
and hatches and gathers her young in her shadow;
indeed, there (J)the hawks are gathered,
each one with her mate.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 34:11 The identity of the animals rendered hawk and porcupine is uncertain
- Isaiah 34:11 Hebrew formlessness
- Isaiah 34:13 Or owls
- Isaiah 34:14 Identity uncertain
2 Chronicles 17:11
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11 Some of the Philistines (A)brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute, and the Arabians also brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats.
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Revelation 18:21-23
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21 Then (A)a mighty angel (B)took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,
“So will Babylon (C)the great city be thrown down with violence,
and will be found no more;
22 and (D)the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters,
will be heard in you no more,
and a craftsman of any craft
will be found in you no more,
and (E)the sound of the mill
will be heard in you no more,
23 and the light of a lamp
will shine in you no more,
and (F)the voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for (G)your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
and all nations were deceived (H)by your sorcery.
Jeremiah 51:62-64
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62 and say, ‘O Lord, you have said concerning this place that you will cut it off, so (A)that nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be (B)desolate forever.’ 63 When you finish reading this book, (C)(D)tie a stone to it (E)and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates, 64 and say, (F)‘Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disaster that I am bringing upon her, (G)and they shall become exhausted.’”
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah 51:37
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37 and Babylon shall become (A)a heap of ruins,
(B)the haunt of jackals,
(C)a horror (D)and a hissing,
without inhabitant.
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