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

39 So 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.

40 As 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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References and Original Words

Verse 39

Cross-references

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

Original words

So לָכֵ֗ן H3651 Adverb the desert creatures צִיִּים֙ H6728 Noun - masculine plural and אֶת־ H854 Preposition hyenas אִיִּ֔ים H338 Noun - masculine plural will live there יֵשְׁב֤וּ H3427 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural vvv בְּנ֣וֹת H1323 Noun - feminine plural construct and ostriches יַֽעֲנָ֑ה H3284 Noun - feminine singular will dwell וְיָ֥שְׁבוּ H3427 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural there בָ֖הּ Preposition | third person feminine singular It will never וְלֹֽא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle . . . לָנֶ֔צַח H5331 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular . . . וְלֹ֥א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle again עוֹד֙ H5750 Adverb be inhabited תֵשֵׁ֥ב H3427 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular or lived in תִשְׁכּ֖וֹן H7931 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular from עַד־ H5704 Preposition generation דּ֥וֹר H1755 Noun - masculine singular to generation וָדֽוֹר׃ H1755 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular

BSB notes

Literally daughters of an ostrich or daughters of an owl

Verse 40

Cross-references

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

Original words

As God אֱלֹהִ֜ים H430 Noun - masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker overthrew כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֨ת H4114 Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct Sodom סְדֹ֧ם H5467 Noun - proper - feminine singular - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker and Gomorrah עֲמֹרָ֛ה H6017 Noun - proper - feminine singular along with וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker their neighbors שְׁכֵנֶ֖יהָ H7934 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular no לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle one אִ֔ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular will dwell יֵשֵׁ֥ב H3427 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular there שָׁם֙ H8033 Adverb no וְלֹֽא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle man בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct . . . אָדָֽם׃ H120 Noun - masculine singular will abide יָג֥וּר H1481 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular there בָּ֖הּ Preposition | third person feminine singular

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