Jeremiah
King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 51:37
“And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.”
King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 51:37 Context
34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. 35The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. 36Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. 37And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. 38They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps. 39In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD. 40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
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Other Translations
And Babylon shal become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing without an inhabitant.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"Babylon will become a heap {of ruins,} a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And Babylon will become a mass of broken walls, a hole for jackals, a cause of wonder and surprise, without a living man in it.
- Basic English Bible
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
- Darby Bible
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, without an inhabitant.
- Webster's Bible
Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
- World English Bible
And Babylon hath been for heaps, A habitation of dragons, An astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"Babylon will become a heap {of ruins,} a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And Babylon will become a mass of broken walls, a hole for jackals, a cause of wonder and surprise, without a living man in it.
- Basic English Bible
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
- Darby Bible
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, without an inhabitant.
- Webster's Bible
Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
- World English Bible
And Babylon hath been for heaps, A habitation of dragons, An astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 51:37
51:36 Dry up - Alluding to what Cyrus did.
51:38 They - The Babylonians, upon the taking of their city.
51:39 Heat - When they shall grow hot with wine, I will make them a feast of another nature. Interpreters judge that Belshazzar, #Dan 5:1|, made a feast to a thousand of his Lords, when he and his wives, and concubines, drank wine in the vessels belonging to the temple, during which feast the city was taken. And not awake - While they were merry with their wine, they fell into a sleep which they never awoke out of.