Jeremiah 50:40

40 As [when] God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors," {declares} Yahweh, "no one will live there, and [the] son of humankind will not dwell as an alien in her.

Jeremiah 50:40 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 50:40

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighbour
[cities] thereof, saith the Lord
Admah and Zeboim: [so] shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell
therein; the same is said concerning Edom; (See Gill on Jeremiah 49:18).

Jeremiah 50:40 In-Context

38 A drought [will come] against her waters, and they will dry up, for it [is] a land of images, and because of the frightful [objects], they act like madmen.

39 {Therefore} desert creatures will live [there] with jackals, and daughters of ostriches will inhabit her. And she will not be inhabited again {forever}, and she will not be dwelt in {for all generations}.

40 As [when] God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors," {declares} Yahweh, "no one will live there, and [the] son of humankind will not dwell as an alien in her.

41 Look, a people [is] about to come from [the] north, and a great nation and many kings are woken up from [the] remotest part of [the] earth.

42 They keep hold of bow and short sword. They [are] cruel and they have no mercy. Their sound [is] like the sea, it roars, and upon horses they ride. Drawn up for battle as a man for the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "a declaration of"