Jeremiah 51:26

They won't get a cornerstone or a foundation stone from you, because you will be a wasteland forever," declares the LORD.

Isaiah 13:19-22

Babylon, that jewel of kingdoms, the splendor and pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah, when God overthrew them

Jeremiah 50:12-13

your mother will be greatly devastated, she who gave birth to you will be ashamed. She will become the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

Jeremiah 51:43

Her cities will become an object of horror, a dry land and a desert, a land in which no one lives, and through which no human being passes.

Isaiah 14:23

"And I'm going to make it a possession of the hedgehog pools of water and I'll sweep with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

Isaiah 34:8-17

For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for Zion's cause.

Jeremiah 50:40-41

Just as when God overthrew Sodom, Gomorrah, and their neighbors," declares the LORD, "so also no one will live there. No human being will reside in it.

Jeremiah 51:29

The land quakes and writhes because the LORD's purposes against Babylon stand firm, to make the land of Babylon a waste without inhabitants.

Jeremiah 51:37

Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a refuge for jackals, a desolate place and an object of scorn.

Revelation 18:20-24

Be happy about her, heaven, saints, apostles, and prophets, for God has condemned her for you!"

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Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

Shall not

Jeremiah 51:37
Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a refuge for jackals, a desolate place and an object of scorn.
Jeremiah 50:12
your mother will be greatly devastated, she who gave birth to you will be ashamed. She will become the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Isaiah 13:19
Babylon, that jewel of kingdoms, the splendor and pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah, when God overthrew them
Isaiah 14:23
"And I'm going to make it a possession of the hedgehog pools of water and I'll sweep with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

Desolate for ever

Jeremiah 50:40
Just as when God overthrew Sodom, Gomorrah, and their neighbors," declares the LORD, "so also no one will live there. No human being will reside in it.
Isaiah 34:8
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for Zion's cause.
Revelation 18:20
Be happy about her, heaven, saints, apostles, and prophets, for God has condemned her for you!"

General references

Deuteronomy 30:7
Then the LORD your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate and persecute you."
Jeremiah 50:39
Therefore the desert creatures along with hyenas will live there. They'll live in it with ostriches, but people won't live in it again. They won't inhabit it from generation to generation.

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