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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 51:37 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 51:37 |
Strong Concordance |
And Babylon [0894] shall become heaps [01530], a dwellingplace [04583] for dragons [08577], an astonishment [08047], and an hissing [08322], without an inhabitant [03427]. |
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King James |
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| (Jer 50:26, Jer 50:39; Rev 18:2). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Heaps - Of rubbish, formed in this case by the decay of the unburned bricks of which Babylon was built. It is these heaps which have yielded such a large wealth of historical documents in our own days.
Dragons - Jackals Jer 10:22. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Without an inhabitant - See Jer 50:39. |
2 And [2532] he cried [2896] mightily [2479] with [1722] a strong [3173] voice [5456], saying [3004], Babylon [897] the great [3173] is fallen [4098], is fallen [4098], and [2532] is become [1096] the habitation [2732] of devils [1142], and [2532] the hold [5438] of every [3956] foul [169] spirit [4151], and [2532] a cage [5438] of every [3956] unclean [169] and [2532] hateful [3404] bird [3732].
39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert [06728] with the wild beasts of the islands [0338] shall dwell [03427] there, and the owls [01323] [03284] shall dwell [03427] therein: and it shall be no more inhabited [03427] for ever [05331]; neither shall it be dwelt [07931] in from generation [01755] to generation [01755].
26 Come [0935] against her from the utmost border [07093], open [06605] her storehouses [03965]: cast her up [05549] as heaps [06194], and destroy her utterly [02763]: let nothing of her be left [07611].
22 Behold, the noise [06963] of the bruit [08052] is come [0935], and a great [01419] commotion [07494] out of the north [06828] country [0776], to make [07760] the cities [05892] of Judah [03063] desolate [08077], and a den [04583] of dragons [08577].
39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert [06728] with the wild beasts of the islands [0338] shall dwell [03427] there, and the owls [01323] [03284] shall dwell [03427] therein: and it shall be no more inhabited [03427] for ever [05331]; neither shall it be dwelt [07931] in from generation [01755] to generation [01755].