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

Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain, says Yahweh, which destroys all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand on you, and roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burnt mountain.

For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.

Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

"I will rise up against them," says Yahweh of Armies, "and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son's son," says Yahweh.

"Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her."

I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

General references

It will never be inhabited, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. The Arabian will not pitch a tent there, neither will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.

Thus speaks Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.

Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation.