Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
Shall not
Desolate for ever
General references
Bible References
Shall not
Jeremiah 51:37
Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.
Jeremiah 50:12
But your mother will be greatly ashamed. The woman who gave birth to you will be disgraced. Babylon, you will be the least important nation. You will become a parched desert.
Isaiah 13:19
Babylon, the beauty (honor) (glory) of kingdoms, the majesty of Chaldean pride, will be overthrew by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah 14:23
I will turn Babylon into a marsh. Porcupines will live there. I will sweep Babylon with a broom that will sweep everything away. I, the Sovereign Lord Jehovah have spoken.
Desolate for ever
Jeremiah 50:40
Babylon will be like Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighboring cities when I, God, destroyed them. No one will live there. No human will stay there, proclaims Jehovah.
Isaiah 34:8
Jehovah will have a day of vengeance! He will have a year of retribution (recompense) in defense of Zion.
Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God pronounced judgment for you against her.
General references
Deuteronomy 30:7
Jehovah your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you and who persecute you.
Jeremiah 50:39
That is why desert animals will live with hyenas. Desert owls will also live there. It will no longer be inhabited or lived in for generations.