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.

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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. 40 (B)As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the Lord, (C)so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:39 Hebrew lacks in Babylon

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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