Isaiah 14:23
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23 “I will also make it a possession for the (A)porcupine,
And marshes of muddy water;
I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” says the Lord of hosts.
Zephaniah 2:14
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14 The herds shall lie down in her midst,
(A)Every beast of the nation.
Both the (B)pelican and the bittern
Shall lodge on the capitals of her pillars;
Their voice shall sing in the windows;
Desolation shall be at the threshold;
For He will lay bare the (C)cedar work.
Revelation 14:8
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8 And another angel followed, saying, (A)“Babylon[a] is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because (B)she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”
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- Revelation 14:8 NU Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, which has made; M Babylon the great is fallen. She has made
Jeremiah 50:39-40
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39 “Therefore(A) the wild desert beasts shall dwell there with the jackals,
And the ostriches shall dwell in it.
(B)It shall be inhabited no more forever,
Nor shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
40 (C)As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the Lord,
“So no one shall reside there,
Nor son of man (D)dwell in it.
Isaiah 34:11-15
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11 (A)But the [a]pelican and the [b]porcupine shall possess it,
Also the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
And (B)He shall stretch out over it
The line of confusion and the stones of emptiness.
12 They shall call its nobles to the kingdom,
But none shall be there, and all its princes shall be nothing.
13 And (C)thorns shall come up in its palaces,
Nettles and brambles in its fortresses;
(D)It shall be a habitation of jackals,
A courtyard for ostriches.
14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the [c]jackals,
And the wild goat shall bleat to its companion;
Also [d]the night creature shall rest there,
And find for herself a place of rest.
15 There the arrow snake shall make her nest and lay eggs
And hatch, and gather them under her shadow;
There also shall the hawks be gathered,
Every one with her mate.
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- Isaiah 34:11 Or owl
- Isaiah 34:11 Or hedgehog
- Isaiah 34:14 Lit. howling creatures
- Isaiah 34:14 Heb. lilith
Isaiah 13:21-22
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21 (A)But wild beasts of the desert will lie there,
And their houses will be full of [a]owls;
Ostriches will dwell there,
And wild goats will caper there.
22 The hyenas will howl in their citadels,
And jackals in their pleasant palaces.
(B)Her time is near to come,
And her days will not be prolonged.”
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- Isaiah 13:21 Or howling creatures
1 Kings 14:10
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10 therefore behold! (A)I will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam, and (B)will cut off from Jeroboam every male in Israel, (C)bond and free; I will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as one takes away refuse until it is all gone.
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Revelation 18:21-23
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Finality of Babylon’s Fall
21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, (A)“Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and (B)shall not be found anymore. 22 (C)The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. 23 (D)The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, (E)and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For (F)your merchants were the great men of the earth, (G)for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
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Revelation 18:2
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2 And he cried [a]mightily with a loud voice, saying, (A)“Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and (B)has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and (C)a cage for every unclean and hated bird!
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- Revelation 18:2 NU, M omit mightily
Jeremiah 51:42-43
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42 (A)The sea has come up over Babylon;
She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
43 (B)Her cities are a desolation,
A dry land and a wilderness,
A land where (C)no one dwells,
Through which no son of man passes.
Jeremiah 51:25-26
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25 “Behold, I am against you, (A)O destroying mountain,
Who destroys all the earth,” says the Lord.
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
Roll you down from the rocks,
(B)And make you a burnt mountain.
26 They shall not take from you a stone for a corner
Nor a stone for a foundation,
(C)But you shall be desolate forever,” says the Lord.
2 Kings 21:13
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13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem (A)the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; (B)I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
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