Jeremiah 51:37

51:37 Babylon will become a heap of ruins.

Jackals will make their home there. ¹ 

It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn,

a place where no one lives. ² 

Jeremiah 9:11

9:11 The Lord said, ³ 

“I will make Jerusalem ⁴  a heap of ruins.

Jackals will make their home there. ⁵ 

I will destroy the towns of Judah

so that no one will be able to live in them.”

Jeremiah 10:22

10:22 Listen! News is coming even now. ⁶ 

The rumble of a great army is heard approaching ⁷  from a land in the north. ⁸ 

It is coming to turn the towns of Judah into rubble,

places where only jackals live.

Jeremiah 49:33

49:33 “Hazor will become a permanent wasteland,

a place where only jackals live. ⁹ 

No one will live there.

No human being will settle in it.” ¹⁰ 

[51:37]  ¹ tn Heb “a heap of ruins, a haunt for jackals.” Compare 9:11.

[51:37]  ² tn Heb “without an inhabitant.”

[9:11]  ³ tn The words “the Lord said” are not in the text, but it is obvious from the content that he is the speaker. These words are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[9:11]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “a heap of ruins, a haunt for jackals.”

[10:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “The sound of a report, behold, it is coming.”

[10:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “ coming, even a great quaking.”

[10:22]  ⁷ sn Compare Jer 6:22.

[49:33]  ⁷ sn Compare Jer 9:11.

[49:33]  ⁸ sn Compare Jer 49:18 and 50:40 where the same thing is said about Edom and Babylon.