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Isaiah 13:20-22
Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 13:20-22
Christian Standard Bible
20 It will never be inhabited
or lived in from generation to generation;(A)
a nomad will not pitch his tent there,
and shepherds will not let their flocks rest there.
21 But desert creatures will lie down there,
and owls will fill the houses.
Ostriches will dwell there,
and wild goats will leap about.(B)
22 Hyenas will howl in the fortresses,
and jackals, in the luxurious palaces.
Babylon’s time is almost up;
her days are almost over.
Isaiah 13:20-22
New International Version
Isaiah 13:20-22
New International Version
20 She will never be inhabited(A)
or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads(B) will pitch their tents,
there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
21 But desert creatures(C) will lie there,
jackals(D) will fill her houses;
there the owls(E) will dwell,
and there the wild goats(F) will leap about.
22 Hyenas(G) will inhabit her strongholds,(H)
jackals(I) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,(J)
and her days will not be prolonged.(K)
Isaiah 13:20-22
King James Version
Isaiah 13:20-22
King James Version
20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
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Isaiah 14:23
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Isaiah 14:23
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23 “I will make her a swampland and a region for herons,[a] and I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.”
This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
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- 14:23 Or hedgehogs; Hb obscure
Isaiah 14:23
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Isaiah 14:23
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Isaiah 14:23
King James Version
Isaiah 14:23
King James Version
23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
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Isaiah 21:9
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Isaiah 21:9
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9 Look, riders come—
horsemen in pairs.”
And he answered, saying,
“Babylon has fallen,(A) has fallen.
All the images of her gods
have been shattered on the ground.”(B)
Isaiah 21:9
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Isaiah 21:9
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9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
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Jeremiah 51:41-44
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Jeremiah 51:41-44
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41 How Sheshak[a](A) has been captured,(B)
the praise(C) of the whole earth seized.
What a horror Babylon has become
among the nations!(D)
42 The sea has risen over Babylon;(E)
she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
43 Her cities have become a desolation,(F)
an arid desert,
a land where no one lives,
where no human being even passes through.
44 I will punish Bel(G) in Babylon.
I will make him vomit what he swallowed.(H)
The nations will no longer stream to him;(I)
even Babylon’s wall will fall.
Footnotes
- 51:41 = Babylon
Jeremiah 51:41-44
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Jeremiah 51:41-44
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41 “How Sheshak[a](A) will be captured,(B)
the boast of the whole earth seized!
How desolate(C) Babylon will be
among the nations!
42 The sea will rise over Babylon;
its roaring waves(D) will cover her.
43 Her towns will be desolate,
a dry and desert(E) land,
a land where no one lives,
through which no one travels.(F)
44 I will punish Bel(G) in Babylon
and make him spew out(H) what he has swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him.
And the wall(I) of Babylon will fall.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:41 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:41-44
King James Version
Jeremiah 51:41-44
King James Version
41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
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