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Jeremiah 50:39

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39“So desert creaturesc and hyenas will live there,

and there the owl will dwell.

It will never again be inhabited

or lived in from generation to generation.d

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Cross references

  1. cSee Ps 74:14
  2. dIsa 13:19–22; 34:13–15; Jer 51:37; Rev 18:2

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Therefore wild beasts shall dwell with hyenas in Babylon, and ostriches shall dwell in her. She shall never again have people, nor be inhabited for all generations.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore, desert creatures will live with hyenas,

and ostriches will also live in her.

It will never again be inhabited

or lived in through all generations.

NLTNew Living Translation

“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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore desert creatures will live there with jackals,

and daughters of ostriches will inhabit her.

And she will not be inhabited again forever,

and she will not be dwelt in for all generations.

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore the wild beasts of the desert

With the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there,

And the owls shall dwell therein:

And it shall be no more inhabited for ever;

Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.