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 has Sheshach been taken, the praise of the whole earth seized? How has Babylon become a horror among the nations! 42The sea has risen over Babylon— she is covered with its roaring waves. Her cities became desolation, a dry land, desert, uninhabited land, through which no son of man passes. 44I will punish Bel in Babylon— What he swallowed I will make him disgorge out of his mouth. Nations will no longer stream to him. Yes, the wall of Babylon has fallen! 45Come out of her, My people! Each of you, save your soul from the fierce anger of Adonai.

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 51:29Now the land shakes and writhes, for Adonai’s plans against Babylon arise— to make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.
• Jeremiah 50:39So wildcats and hyenas will live there and ostriches settle there. It will never again be inhabited or dwelt in from generation to generation.
• Jeremiah 2:6They did not ask ‘Where is Adonai, who brought us up from the land of Egypt and led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and rifts, through a land of drought and distress, through a land where no one travels, where no one lives?’
• Isaiah 13:20It will never be inhabited, nor will it be dwelt in from generation to generation, nor will an Arab pitch a tent there, nor will shepherds let flocks lie there.
• Ezekiel 29:10therefore behold, I am against you and against your rivers. I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene, as far 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