Jeremiah 51:37
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 51
“And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.”Jeremiah 51:37
What Does Jeremiah 51:37 Mean?
Jeremiah 51:37 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 51, verse 37 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 51:37 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Revelation 18:2“And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.”Isaiah 26:5“For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.”Jeremiah 9:11“And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.”Jeremiah 49:33“And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.”Nahum 3:6“And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.”Job 15:28“And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.”Isaiah 34:13“And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.”Jeremiah 18:16“To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.”Jeremiah 25:9“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.”Jeremiah 49:17“Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.”Jeremiah 51:25“Behold, I am 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.”Revelation 18:18“And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!”Revelation 18:21“And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.”2 Chronicles 29:8“Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.”Isaiah 13:19“And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.”Isaiah 13:20“It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.”Isaiah 14:23“I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.”Isaiah 34:8“For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.”Jeremiah 19:8“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.”Jeremiah 25:12“And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.”
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