Jeremiah 51:37

NETBible

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 

NIV ©

Babylon will be a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and scorn, a place where no-one lives.

NASB ©

"Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.

NLT ©

and Babylon will become a heap of rubble, haunted by jackals. It will be an object of horror and contempt, without a single person living there.

MSG ©

Babylon will be a pile of rubble, scavenged by stray dogs and cats, A dumping ground for garbage, a godforsaken ghost town.'

BBE ©

And Babylon will become a mass of broken walls, a hole for jackals, a cause of wonder and surprise, without a living man in it.

NRSV ©

and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, a den of jackals, an object of horror and of hissing, without inhabitant.

NKJV ©

Babylon shall become a heap, A dwelling place for jackals, An astonishment and a hissing, Without an inhabitant.

KJV
And Babylon
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shall become heaps
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a dwellingplace
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for dragons
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an astonishment
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and an hissing
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without an inhabitant
<03427> (8802)_.
NASB ©
"Babylon
<894>
will become
<1961>
a heap
<1530>

of ruins,
a haunt
<4583>
of jackals
<8565>
, An object
<8047>
of horror
<8047>
and hissing
<8322>
, without
<369>
inhabitants
<3427>
.
LXXM
(28:37) kai
<2532> 
CONJ
estai
<1510> 
V-FMI-3S
babulwn
<897> 
N-NSF
eiv
<1519> 
PREP
afanismon
<854> 
N-ASM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
ou
<3364> 
ADV
katoikhyhsetai {V-FPI-3S}
NET [draft] ITL
Babylon
<0894>
will become
<01961>
a heap
<01530>
of ruins. Jackals
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will make their home
<04583>
there. It will become an object of horror
<08047>
and of hissing
<08322>
scorn, a place where no
<0369>
one lives
<03427>
.
HEBREW
bswy
<03427>
Nyam
<0369>
hqrsw
<08322>
hms
<08047>
Mynt
<08577>
Nwem
<04583>
Mylgl
<01530>
lbb
<0894>
htyhw (51:37)
<01961>
NETBible

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 

NET Notes

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

2 tn Heb “without an inhabitant.”