Jeremiah 51:62

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

To cut

General references

Isaiah 13:20

Jeremiah 30:2

Jeremiah 50:39

Bible References

To cut

I am against you, Babylon, you destructive mountain. You have destroyed the whole earth, declares Jehovah. I will use my power against you and roll you off the cliffs, and make you a scorched mountain.

A nation has come up against her out of the north. It will make her land an object of horror. There will be no inhabitant in it. Both man and beast wander off. They have gone away!

Babylon, the beauty (honor) (glory) of kingdoms, the majesty of Chaldean pride, will be overthrew by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Jehovah of Hosts declares: I will attack Babylon and bring it to ruin. I will leave nothing! There will be no children, no survivors at all. I, Jehovah, have spoken.

Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God pronounced judgment for you against her.

I will make you an everlasting desolation! Your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am Jehovah!'

General references

It will never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation! Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there. Nor will shepherds take their flocks there.

This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says: Write in a book everything that I tell you.

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.