Yēlìmǐshū 50:39

39 Suǒyǐ kuàngyĕ de zǒushòu hé chái láng bì zhù zaì nàli , tuó niǎo yĕ zhù zaì qízhōng , yǒng wú rén yān , shì shìdaì daì wú rén jūzhù .

Yēlìmǐshū 50:39 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 50:39

Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts
of the islands shall dwell [there]
Of these creatures (See Gill on Isaiah 13:21); and (See Gill on Isaiah 13:22); 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 ^F18 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; (See Gill on Jeremiah 50:13); and (See Gill on Isaiah 13:20);

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 26.

Yēlìmǐshū 50:39 In-Context

37 Yǒu dāo jiàn líndào tāde mǎ pǐ , chēliàng , hé qízhōng zá zú de rénmín . tāmen bì xiàng fùnǚ yíyàng . yǒu dāo jiàn líndào tāde bǎowù , jiù beì qiǎngduó .

38 Yǒu gān hàn líndào tāde zhòng shuǐ , jiù bì gān hé . yīnwei zhè shì yǒu diāokè ǒuxiàng zhī dì , rén yīn ǒuxiàng ér diān kuáng .

39 Suǒyǐ kuàngyĕ de zǒushòu hé chái láng bì zhù zaì nàli , tuó niǎo yĕ zhù zaì qízhōng , yǒng wú rén yān , shì shìdaì daì wú rén jūzhù .

40 Yēhéhuá shuō , bì wú rén zhù zaì nàli , yĕ wú rén zaì qízhōng jìjū , yào xiàng wǒ qīngfù Suǒduōmǎ , Gémólā , hé lín jìn de chéngyì yíyàng .

41 Kàn nǎ , yǒu yī zhǒng mín cóng bĕi fāng ér lái , bìng yǒu yī dà guó hé xǔduō jūnwáng beì jīdòng , cóng dìjí lái dào .