Jeremiah 51:37
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 51:37 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 51:37 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 51:37 — KJV
“And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.”
— Jeremiah 51:37 (KJV)
Jeremiah 51:37 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 51:37
“And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. desolate: Heb. desolation”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:37: heaps, dragons, without
“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.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:37: babylon, astonishment, hissing
“For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. For the...: or, For he doth much keep the, etc desolation: or, astonishment”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:37: astonishment, hissing, inhabitant
“So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:37: astonishment, without, inhabitant
“And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:37: babylon, without, inhabitant
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