Jeremiah 50:13

The Passion Translation

Because of Yahweh’s anger, Babylon will become desolate and uninhabited forever. Everyone who passes by will be shocked to see what has happened and will hiss out their scorn.

Cross References

Jeremiah 18:16

Their homeland is a wasteland, and everyone who passes by is horrified and trembles with fear.

Jeremiah 19:8

I will make this once revered city an object of horror and astonishment; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will make insulting remarks because of all its wounds!

Jeremiah 25:12

“ ‘Then, after seventy years, I will punish the king of Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans for their sin,’ declares Yahweh. ‘I will make their land desolate forever.

Jeremiah 49:17

“I will make Edom an object of horror and astonishment; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will make insulting remarks because of all its disasters!

Jeremiah 50:3

For a nation is attacking Babylon from the north that will reduce her nation to a desert. People and animals will flee, and no one will inhabit it.”

Jeremiah 51:26

I, Yahweh, declare: After I am through with you, people will not be able to find any among you to rebuild you, not one foundation stone or cornerstone. You will lie desolate forever.”

Jeremiah 51:29

Then, when Yahweh executed his plan against Babylon, the earth trembled and convulsed. He determined to make Babylon an uninhabited desert.

Jeremiah 51:37

Babylon will be reduced to a pile of ruins, the haunt of jackals, a thing of horror and scorn, a place where no one lives.

Jeremiah 51:62

Afterward, pray this prayer: ‘O  Yahweh, you have promised to destroy this place so that no one will live here ever again, neither human nor animal. You said it will be desolate forever.’

Ezekiel 27:36

Your trading partners hiss at you in scorn, for you have come to a dreadful end. You are gone forever, never to return!’ ”