NET Bible
"Babylon will become a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, a place where no one lives."
— Jeremiah 51:37, NET Bible
“And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.”
“And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant. ”
“Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.”
“And Babylon shall be reduced to heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment and a hissing, because there is no inhabitant.”
“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.”
“And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.”
“King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon devoured me and drove my people out. Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me. He filled his belly with my riches. He made me an empty dish. He completely cleaned me out.”
The person who lives in Zion says,“May Babylon pay for the violence done to me and to my relatives.” Jerusalem says,“May those living in Babylonia pay for the bloodshed of my people.”
Therefore the LORD says,“I will stand up for your cause. I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done to you. I will dry up their sea. I will make their springs run dry.
Babylon will become a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, a place where no one lives.
The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.
When their appetites are all stirred up, I will set out a banquet for them. I will make them drunk so that they will pass out, they will fall asleep forever, they will never wake up,” says the LORD.
“I will lead them off to be slaughtered like lambs, rams, and male goats.”