Jeremiah 51:43

Jeremiah 51:43 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
• New International Version (NIV)Her towns will be desolate, a dry and desert land, a land where no one lives, through which no one travels.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Her cities have become a horror, a land of drought and a desert, a land in which no one dwells, and through which no son of man passes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Her cities are a desolation, A dry land and a wilderness, A land where no one dwells, Through which no son of man passes.

Context of Jeremiah 51:43

41How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations! 42The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves. Her cities have become a desolation, a dry and arid land, a land where no one lives, where no son of man passes through. 44I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall. 45Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:43 word by word

הָי֤וּ עָרֶ֙יהָ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה אֶ֖רֶץ צִיָּ֣ה וַעֲרָבָ֑ה אֶ֗רֶץ לֹֽא־יֵשֵׁ֤ב בָּהֵן֙ כָּל־אִ֔ישׁ וְלֹֽא־יַעֲבֹ֥ר בָּהֵ֖ן בֶּן־אָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Her citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• have becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• a desolationשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: appalledH8047
• a dryצִיָּהtsîyâh · drynessH6723
• and aridעֲרָבָה‛ărâbâh · plainH6160
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• noכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• oneאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• livesיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• passes throughעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:43

• Jeremiah 51:29The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
• Jeremiah 50:39So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
• Jeremiah 2:6They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
• Isaiah 13:20She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
• Ezekiel 29:10therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:43

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 43A wilderness - Or, a desert of sand. A land wherein - Rather, “a land - no man shall dwell in them (i. e., its cities), and no human being shall pass through them.”Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4343. Her cities--the cities, her dependencies. So, "Jerusalem and the cities thereof" (Jr 34:1). Or, the "cities" are the inner and outer cities, the two parts into which Babylon was divided by the Euphrates [Grotius].Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 51

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings