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

41“How Babylon is fallen— great Babylon, praised throughout the earth! Now she has become an object of horror among the nations. 42The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered by its crashing waves. Her cities now lie in ruins; she is a dry wasteland where no one lives or even passes by. 44And I will punish Bel, the god of Babylon, and make him vomit up all he has eaten. The nations will no longer come and worship him. The wall of Babylon has fallen! 45“Come out, my people, flee from Babylon. Save yourselves! Run from the Lord’s fierce anger.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Her citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• are a desolationשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: appalledH8047
• a dryצִיָּהtsîyâh · drynessH6723
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and a wildernessעֲרָבָה‛ărâbâh · plainH6160
• wherein no manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• dwellethיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• passעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• therebyהֵןhên · they(fem.)H2004

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:43

• Jeremiah 51:29The earth trembles and writhes in pain, for everything the Lord has planned against Babylon stands unchanged. Babylon will be left desolate without a single inhabitant.
• Jeremiah 50:39“Soon Babylon will be inhabited by desert animals and hyenas. It will be a home for owls. Never again will people live there; it will lie desolate forever.
• Jeremiah 2:6They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord who brought us safely out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness— a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and death, where no one lives or even travels?’
• Isaiah 13:20Babylon will never be inhabited again. It will remain empty for generation after generation. Nomads will refuse to camp there, and shepherds will not bed down their sheep.
• Ezekiel 29:10I am now the enemy of both you and your river. I will make the land of Egypt a totally desolate wasteland, from Migdol to Aswan, as far south as the border of Ethiopia.

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