Jeremia 50:39

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Jeremiah 50:12, Jeremiah 50:13, Jeremiah 25:12, Jeremiah 51:26, Jeremiah 51:37, Jeremiah 51:38, Jeremiah 51:43, Jeremiah 51:62-64, Isaiah 13:20-22, Isaiah 14:23, Isaiah 34:11-17, Revelation 18:2, Revelation 18:21-24

Reciprocal: Isaiah 34:13 - an habitation Jeremiah 49:33 - a dwelling Jeremiah 51:29 - every

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell [there],.... Of these creatures

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and the owls shall dwell therein; so mystical Babylon when fallen shall become the habitation of devils, the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird, Revelation 18:2;

and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation; interpreters observe that this was gradually accomplished: it was taken by Cyrus, and made tributary to the Persians; the seat of the empire was removed from it; its walls were demolished by Darius; it was drained both of its inhabitants and its riches through Seleucus Nicator building the city Seleucia r near it. In Adrian's time there was nothing but an old wall left; and in Jerom's time it was a park for the king of Persia to hunt in;

Revelation 18:2- :; and

Revelation 18:2- :;

r Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 26.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wild beasts of the islands - Jackals.

Owls - Ostriches (marginal reference note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 50:39. The wild beasts of the desert — Dahler translates these various terms, "The wild cats, the jackals, and the ostriches." And Blayney the same. Wicklif, "Dragons, woodewoses, and ostriches." Coverdale, "Wild beestes, apes, and estriches."