Jeremiah 50:39-41

Expanded Bible

³⁹ “Desert animals and hyenas will live there,
    and ·owls [or ostriches] will live there [^Critually unclean birds that live in desolate places],
but no people will ever live there again.
    She will never be ·filled with people [resided in] again.
⁴⁰ God ·completely destroyed [^Loverturned] the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
    and ·the towns around them [^Ltheir neighbors; 20:6; 23:13–15; 49:18; Gen. 18–19],” says the Lord.
“In the same way no people will live there [^CBabylon],
    and no human being will stay there.

⁴¹ “Look! An army is coming from the north [^CPersia and its allies].
    A powerful nation and many kings
    are ·coming together [^Lstirred up] from all around the world.