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She will be an object of horror and contempt, a place where no one lives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, the haunt of jackals, a horror and a hissing, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/51.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Babylon shall become a heap, A dwelling place for jackals, An astonishment and a hissing, Without an inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Babylon will become a heap <i>of ruins,</i> a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And Babylon will become a heap <i>of ruins,</i> a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Babylon will become a heap <i>of ruins</i>, a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/51.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Babylon will become a heap [of ruins], a haunt <i>and</i> dwelling place of jackals, An object of horror (an astonishing desolation) and a hissing [of scorn and amazement], without inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/51.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a jackals’ den, a desolation and an object of scorn, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a jackals&#8217 den, a desolation and an object of scorn, without inhabitant. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/51.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/51.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Babylon will be a pile of rubble where only jackals live, and everyone will be afraid to walk among the ruins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and an hissing, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/51.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Babylon will become piles of rubble. It will become a dwelling place for jackals, something horrible, and an object of contempt, where no one lives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/51.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />That country will become a pile of ruins where wild animals live. It will be a horrible sight; no one will live there, and all who see it will be terrified. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/51.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a refuge for jackals, a desolate place and an object of scorn. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/51.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/51.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/51.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, without an inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/51.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Babylon will become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/51.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Babylon has been for heaps, "" A habitation of dragons, "" An astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/51.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Babylon hath been for heaps, A habitation of dragons, An astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/51.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Babel was for heaps, a habitation of jackals, an astonishment and a hissing, from none inhabiting.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/51.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Babylon shall be reduced to heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment and a hissing, because there is no inhabitant. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/51.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Babylon will become a tumult, the habitation of dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, because there is no inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; A place of horror and hissing, without inhabitants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/51.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, a den of jackals, an object of horror and of hissing, without inhabitant.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/51.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment and a hissing, without an inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Babel shall be desolate, a dwelling for jackals and for an astonishment and for hissing, without one inhabitant in it<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/51.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Babylon shall become heaps, A dwelling-place for jackals, An astonishment, and a hissing, Without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/51.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Babylon shall be a desolation, and shall not be inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=16252" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Babylon's Punishment</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">36</span>Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry. <span class="reftext">37</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/894.htm" title="894: ḇā·ḇel (N-proper-fs) -- From balal; confusion; Babel, including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.">Babylon</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yə·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will become</a> <a href="/hebrew/1530.htm" title="1530: lə·ḡal·lîm (Prep-l:: N-mp) -- A heap, wave, billow. From galal; something rolled, i.e. A heap of stone or dung, by analogy, a spring of water.">a heap of rubble,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4583.htm" title="4583: mə·‘ō·wn- (N-msc) -- Dwelling, habitation. Or maiyn; from the same as ownah; an abode, of God, men or animals; hence, a retreat.">a haunt</a> <a href="/hebrew/8577.htm" title="8577: tan·nîm (N-cp) -- Serpent, dragon, sea monster. Or tanniym; intensive from the same as tan; a marine or land monster, i.e. Sea-serpent or jackal.">for jackals,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8047.htm" title="8047: šam·māh (N-fs) -- Waste, horror. From shamem; ruin; by implication, consternation.">an object of horror</a> <a href="/hebrew/8322.htm" title="8322: ū·šə·rê·qāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- (object of derisive) hissing. From sharaq; a derision.">and scorn,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: mê·’ên (Prep-m:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">without</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·wō·šêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">inhabitant.</a> </span><span class="reftext">38</span>They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-11.htm">Isaiah 34:11-15</a></span><br />The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction. / No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing. / Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a></span><br />Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-5</a></span><br />“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-5</a></span><br />Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Isaiah 14:22-23</a></span><br />“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD. / “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21-24</a></span><br />Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. / And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again. / The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/21-9.htm">Isaiah 21:9</a></span><br />Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a></span><br />The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-10.htm">Isaiah 24:10-12</a></span><br />The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry. / In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land. / The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Revelation 19:2-3</a></span><br />For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.” / And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/25-2.htm">Isaiah 25:2</a></span><br />Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10</a></span><br />In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">Isaiah 13:6-9</a></span><br />Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. / Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt. / Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.</p><p class="hdg">become</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Jeremiah 51:25,26,29</a></b></br> Behold, I <i>am</i> against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-9.htm">Jeremiah 25:9,12,18</a></b></br> Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-12.htm">Jeremiah 50:12,13,23-26,38-40</a></b></br> Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations <i>shall be</i> a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert… </p><p class="hdg">an hissing</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/18-16.htm">Jeremiah 18:16</a></b></br> To make their land desolate, <i>and</i> a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/19-8.htm">Jeremiah 19:8</a></b></br> And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Jeremiah 29:18</a></b></br> And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/50-23.htm">Astonishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-35.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-36.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-33.htm">Dragons</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-30.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/4-11.htm">Dwellingplace</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-33.htm">Dwelling-Place</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-45.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-33.htm">Haunt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-2.htm">Heap</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Heaps</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Hissing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-33.htm">Hole</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-38.htm">Horror</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-35.htm">Inhabitant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-35.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-39.htm">Jackals</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Mass</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-23.htm">Object</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-13.htm">Ruins</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Scorn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Surprise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-12.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-13.htm">Wonder</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Astonishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-3.htm">Dragons</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-62.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/4-11.htm">Dwellingplace</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-27.htm">Dwelling-Place</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-14.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-17.htm">Haunt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-10.htm">Heap</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-5.htm">Heaps</a> <a href="/micah/6-16.htm">Hissing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-7.htm">Hole</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Horror</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-7.htm">Inhabitant</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-12.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-3.htm">Jackals</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-42.htm">Mass</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Object</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Ruins</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-31.htm">Scorn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-36.htm">Surprise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-53.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-9.htm">Wonder</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 51</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/51-1.htm">The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">59. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/51-59.htm">Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">64. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/51-64.htm">in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Historically, Babylon was the capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire and known for its impressive architecture, including the Hanging Gardens. The prophecy indicates a reversal of fortune, where the city that once stood as a testament to human achievement would be reduced to ruins. This aligns with other biblical prophecies, such as <a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a>, which also foretells Babylon's downfall. The imagery of rubble signifies total desolation, emphasizing the finality of God's judgment.<p><b>a haunt for jackals</b><br>The mention of jackals, scavenging animals often found in desolate places, underscores the extent of Babylon's desolation. In the ancient Near East, jackals were associated with deserted and ruined areas, symbolizing abandonment and decay. This imagery is consistent with other biblical references, such as <a href="/isaiah/34-13.htm">Isaiah 34:13</a>, where desolate lands are described as dwelling places for wild animals. The presence of jackals highlights the complete absence of human life and activity, reinforcing the idea of divine judgment and the futility of human pride against God's will.<p><b>an object of horror and scorn</b><br>Babylon, once a city of splendor, would become a cautionary tale, evoking horror and derision from those who witness its downfall. This transformation from a place of admiration to one of contempt serves as a powerful reminder of the consequences of defying God. The language of horror and scorn reflects the broader biblical theme of divine retribution against nations that oppose God's purposes, as seen in the fate of other cities like Sodom and Gomorrah. This phrase also serves as a warning to future generations about the dangers of arrogance and idolatry.<p><b>without inhabitant</b><br>The prophecy concludes with the stark declaration that Babylon will be left uninhabited. This finality emphasizes the totality of God's judgment, leaving no room for recovery or restoration. Historically, Babylon did experience periods of decline and eventual abandonment, fulfilling this prophecy. The absence of inhabitants signifies the complete removal of life and activity, a fate that befalls those who stand against God's plans. This desolation serves as a testament to God's sovereignty and the certainty of His prophetic word, as echoed in other scriptures like <a href="/jeremiah/50-39.htm">Jeremiah 50:39-40</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>A significant city and empire in ancient Mesopotamia, known for its wealth, power, and idolatry. In the Bible, it often symbolizes human pride and opposition to God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah and surrounding nations, including Babylon.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jackals.htm">Jackals</a></b><br>Wild animals often associated with desolation and ruin in biblical imagery, symbolizing the complete devastation of a place.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_of_nations.htm">Judgment of Nations</a></b><br>The broader context of <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Jeremiah 51</a> is God's judgment against Babylon for its sins and its role in oppressing God's people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/exile_and_return.htm">Exile and Return</a></b><br>The prophecy against Babylon is part of the larger account of the Babylonian exile and the eventual return of the Jewish people to their homeland.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>God is in control of history and the rise and fall of nations. No empire, regardless of its power, is beyond His reach.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride_and_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Pride and Idolatry</a></b><br>Babylon's downfall serves as a warning against pride and idolatry. Nations and individuals who exalt themselves against God will face judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_amidst_judgment.htm">Hope Amidst Judgment</a></b><br>Even in the midst of judgment, God's people can find hope. The fall of Babylon paved the way for the return of the exiles, reminding us that God's plans include restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_divine_justice.htm">The Reality of Divine Justice</a></b><br>God's justice is real and certain. While it may seem delayed, it will come to pass in His perfect timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_as_exiles_in_a_fallen_world.htm">Living as Exiles in a Fallen World</a></b><br>Like the Israelites in Babylon, Christians are called to live faithfully in a world that often opposes God's ways, looking forward to the ultimate redemption.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_51.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 51</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer._51_37_align_with_babylon's_history.htm">Jeremiah 51:37 claims Babylon will be “a heap of ruins,” but archaeological findings indicate the city remained active for centuries—how does this align with the text? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_babylon_last_after_isaiah_13_19.htm">If Isaiah 13:19 says Babylon will be overthrown like Sodom and Gomorrah, why did it continue as a functioning city for centuries afterward? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_reinterpret_failed_prophecies.htm">Why do some biblical prophecies get reinterpreted after they fail?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_punish_babylon_if_god_used_it.htm">Jeremiah 51:7 calls Babylon a 'golden cup' in God's hand; if God used Babylon, why should the nation be punished?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/51.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(37) <span class= "bld">Babylon shall become heaps . . .</span>--It is significant, as emphasising the law of retribution, that the terms are the same as those used of Jerusalem in <a href="/jeremiah/9-11.htm" title="And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.">Jeremiah 9:11</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/19-8.htm" title="And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.">Jeremiah 19:8</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/25-9.htm" title="Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, said the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.">Jeremiah 25:9</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/25-18.htm" title="To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;">Jeremiah 25:18</a>. Nothing is more characteristic of the present aspect of Babylon than the "heaps" or mounds of brickwork, fragments of pottery and earth, that are now scattered over the plain, and are slowly yielding up their records of the past to explorers. The "dragons" here (not the same word as in <a href="/jeremiah/51-34.htm" title="Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has swallowed me up like a dragon, he has filled his belly with my delicates, he has cast me out.">Jeremiah 51:34</a>) are the "jackals" that howl in the ruins. (See Note on <a href="/jeremiah/10-22.htm" title="Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.">Jeremiah 10:22</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/51.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 37.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Heaps</span>. "Vast 'heaps,' or mounds, shapeless and unsightly, are scattered at intervals over the entire region where it is certain that Babylon anciently stood" (Rawlinson, 'Ancient Monarchies,' 2:521). <span class="cmt_word">Dragons</span>; rather, <span class="accented">jackals.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Babylon</span><br /><span class="heb">בָבֶ֨ל ׀</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·ḇel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_894.htm">Strong's 894: </a> </span><span class="str2">Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will become</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיְתָה֩</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a heap of rubble,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְגַלִּ֧ים ׀</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḡal·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1530.htm">Strong's 1530: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something rolled, a heap of stone, dung, a spring of water</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a haunt</span><br /><span class="heb">מְעוֹן־</span> <span class="translit">(mə·‘ō·wn-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4583.htm">Strong's 4583: </a> </span><span class="str2">An abode, of God, men, animals, a retreat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of jackals,</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּנִּ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(tan·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8577.htm">Strong's 8577: </a> </span><span class="str2">A marine, land monster, sea-serpent, jackal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an object of horror</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׁמָּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(šam·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8047.htm">Strong's 8047: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruin, consternation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and scorn,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּשְׁרֵקָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·šə·rê·qāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8322.htm">Strong's 8322: </a> </span><span class="str2">(object of derisive) hissing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">without</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאֵ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">inhabitant.</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹשֵֽׁב׃</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wō·šêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/51-37.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 51:37 Babylon shall become heaps a dwelling place (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/51-36.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:36"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:36" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/51-38.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:38"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:38" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>