19 And (A)Babylon, the (B)beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God (C)overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 It will (D)never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation;
Nor will the (E)Arab pitch his tent there,
Nor will shepherds allow their flocks to lie down there.

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11 But (A)evil will come on you
Which you will not know how to charm away;
And disaster will fall on you
For which you cannot atone;
And (B)destruction about which you do not know
Will come on you (C)suddenly.

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13 Because of the wrath of the Lord she will (A)not be inhabited,
But she will be (B)completely desolate;
Everyone who passes by Babylon (C)will be horrified
And will hiss because of all her wounds.

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26 They will not take from you even a stone for a corner
Nor a stone for foundations,
But you will be (A)desolate forever,” declares the Lord.

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43 Her cities have become an (A)object of horror,
A dry land and a desert,
A land in which (B)no one lives
And through which no [a]one of mankind passes.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:43 Lit son of man

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