Jeremiah 51:43

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Horrible destruction will strike the nearby towns. The land will become a barren desert, where no one can live or even travel.

Cross References

Psalm 46:8

Come! See the fearsome things the LORD has done on earth.

Isaiah 13:20

No one will live in Babylon. Even nomads won't camp nearby, and shepherds won't let their sheep rest there.

Isaiah 34:13

Its palaces and fortresses will be covered with thorns; only wolves and ostriches will make their home there.

Isaiah 47:11

But without warning, disaster will strike— and your magic charms won't help at all.

Jeremiah 18:16

Your land will be ruined, and every passer-by will look at it with horror and make insulting remarks.

Jeremiah 2:6

Your ancestors refused to ask for my help, though I had rescued them from Egypt and led them through a treacherous, barren desert, where no one lives or dares to travel.

Jeremiah 50:12

The city of Babylon was like a mother to you. But it will be disgraced and become nothing but a barren desert.

Jeremiah 51:29

The earth twists and turns in torment, because I have decided to make Babylonia a desert where no one can live, and I won't change my mind.

Jeremiah 51:37

Babylon will be a pile of rubble where only jackals live. People will laugh, but they will be afraid to walk among the ruins.

Jeremiah 51:62

then pray, “Our LORD, you promised to destroy this place and make it into a desert where no people or animals will ever live.”