Isaiah 13:20-22
Holman 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
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 14:23
Holman Christian Standard Bible
23 “I will make her a swampland and a region for screech owls,[a] and I will sweep her away with a broom of destruction.”
This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
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- Isaiah 14:23 Or hedgehogs
Isaiah 14:23
New International Version
Isaiah 21:9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
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)
Jeremiah 51:41-44
Holman Christian Standard Bible
41 How Sheshach has been captured,
the praise(A) of the whole earth seized.
What a horror Babylon has become
among the nations!(B)
42 The sea has risen over Babylon;(C)
she is covered with its turbulent waves.
43 Her cities have become a desolation,(D)
a dry and arid land,
a land where no one lives,
where no human being passes through.
44 I will punish Bel(E) in Babylon.
I will make him vomit what he swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him;
even Babylon’s wall will fall.
Jeremiah 51:41-44
New International Version
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.
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