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Summary
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
Become
An hissing
General references
Bible References
Become
Jeremiah 51:25 Look, I am against you, devastating mountain—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
you devastate the whole earth.
I will stretch out My hand against you,
roll you down from the cliffs,
and turn you into a charred mountain.
this is the Lord’s declaration—
you devastate the whole earth.
I will stretch out My hand against you,
roll you down from the cliffs,
and turn you into a charred mountain.
Jeremiah 25:9
I am going to send for all the families of the north’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘and send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them a desolation, a derision, and ruins forever.
Jeremiah 50:12 your mother will be utterly humiliated;
she who bore you will be put to shame.
Look! She will lag behind all the nations—
a dry land, a wilderness, an Arabah.
she who bore you will be put to shame.
Look! She will lag behind all
a dry land, a wilderness,
Isaiah 13:19 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,
the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.
the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.
Isaiah 14:23
“I will make her a swampland and a region for screech owls, and I will sweep her away with a broom of destruction.”
This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
Isaiah 34:8 For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
a time of paying back Edom
for its hostility against Zion.
a time of paying back Edom
for its hostility against Zion.
Revelation 18:2
He cried in a mighty voice:
It has fallen,
Babylon the Great has fallen!
She has become a dwelling for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt for every unclean and despicable beast.
Babylon the Great has fallen!
She has become a dwelling for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt
An hissing
Jeremiah 18:16 They have made their land a horror,
a perpetual object of scorn;
everyone who passes by it will be horrified
and shake his head.
a perpetual object of scorn;
everyone who passes by it will be horrified
and shake his head.
Jeremiah 19:8
I will make this city desolate, an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and scoff because of all its wounds.
Jeremiah 29:18
I will pursue them with sword, famine, and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse and a desolation, an object of scorn and a disgrace among all the nations where I have banished them.
2 Chronicles 29:8
Therefore, the wrath of the Lord was on Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery, as you see with your own eyes.
Lamentations 2:15
ס SamekAll who pass by
scornfully clap their hands at you.
They mock and shake their heads
at Daughter Jerusalem:
Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,
the joy of the whole earth?
scornfully clap their hands
They mock
at Daughter Jerusalem:
Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,
the joy of the whole earth?
Micah 6:16 The statutes of Omri
and all the practices of Ahab’s house
have been observed;
you have followed their policies.
Therefore, I will make you a desolate place
and the city’s residents an object of contempt;
you will bear the scorn of My people.”
and all the practices of Ahab’s house
have been observed;
you have followed their policies.
Therefore, I will make you a desolate place
and the city’s
you will bear the scorn of My people.”
Zephaniah 2:15 This is the self-assured city
that lives in security,
that thinks to herself:
I exist, and there is no one else.
What a desolation she has become,
a place for wild animals to lie down!
Everyone who passes by her
jeers and shakes his fist.
that lives in security,
that thinks to herself:
I exist, and there is no one else.
What a desolation she has become,
a place for wild animals to lie down!
Everyone who passes by her
jeers
General references
Deuteronomy 30:7
The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you.
Jeremiah 30:16 Nevertheless, all who devoured you will be devoured,
and all your adversaries—all of them—
will go off into exile.
Those who plunder you will be plundered,
and all who raid you will be raided.
and all your adversaries—all of them—
will go off into exile.
Those who plunder you will be plundered,
and all who raid you will be raided.
Jeremiah 50:39 Therefore, desert creatures will live with hyenas,
and ostriches will also live in her.
It will never again be inhabited
or lived in through all generations.
and ostriches will also live in her.
It will never again be inhabited
or lived in through all generations.