Focused Passage

Jeremiah 50:39-40

Babylon Judged: The Fall of the Hammer and the Return of the LORD’s Flock

The chapter moves from Babylon’s announced capture and the shame of its gods, to the return of Israel and Judah, to the exposure of Israel as scattered sheep, to Babylon’s punishment as the last devourer, to the LORD’s attack on Babylon’s pride, idols, and warriors, and finally to the collapse of Babylon as a world-shaking judgment.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

39So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.

40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

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Verse 39

Cross-references

Revelation 18:2Classic cross-references Isaiah 13:20Classic cross-references Isaiah 14:23Classic cross-references Isaiah 34:13Classic cross-references Jeremiah 25:12Classic cross-references

Original words

Soלָכֵ֗ןH3651Adverbthe desert creaturesצִיִּים֙H6728Noun - masculine pluralandאֶת־H854Prepositionhyenasאִיִּ֔יםH338Noun - masculine pluralwill live thereיֵשְׁב֤וּH3427Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralvvvבְּנ֣וֹתH1323Noun - feminine plural constructand ostrichesיַֽעֲנָ֑הH3284Noun - feminine singularwill dwellוְיָ֥שְׁבוּH3427Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralthereבָ֖הּPreposition | third person feminine singularIt will neverוְלֹֽא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle. . .לָנֶ֔צַחH5331Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular. . .וְלֹ֥אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleagainעוֹד֙H5750Adverbbe inhabitedתֵשֵׁ֥בH3427Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularor lived inתִשְׁכּ֖וֹןH7931Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularfromעַד־H5704Prepositiongenerationדּ֥וֹרH1755Noun - masculine singularto generationוָדֽוֹר׃H1755Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular

BSB notes

Literally daughters of an ostrich or daughters of an owl

Verse 40

Cross-references

Jude 1:7Classic cross-references 2 Peter 2:6Classic cross-references Genesis 19:24Classic cross-references Isaiah 13:19Classic cross-references Romans 9:29Classic cross-references

Original words

As Godאֱלֹהִ֜יםH430Noun - masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markeroverthrewכְּמַהְפֵּכַ֨תH4114Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular constructSodomסְדֹ֧םH5467Noun - proper - feminine singular-וְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerand Gomorrahעֲמֹרָ֛הH6017Noun - proper - feminine singularalong withוְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markertheir neighborsשְׁכֵנֶ֖יהָH7934Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singulardeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָ֑הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularnoלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particleoneאִ֔ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularwill dwellיֵשֵׁ֥בH3427Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularthereשָׁם֙H8033Adverbnoוְלֹֽא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlemanבֶּן־H1121Noun - masculine singular construct. . .אָדָֽם׃H120Noun - masculine singularwill abideיָג֥וּרH1481Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularthereבָּ֖הּPreposition | third person feminine singular

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