Jeremías 51:37

37 Babilonia se convertirá en un montón de ruinas,en guarida de chacales,en objeto de horror y de burla,en un lugar sin habitantes.

Jeremías 51:37 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 51:37

And Babylon shall become heaps
The houses should be demolished, and the stones lie in heaps one upon another, and become mere rubbish: a dwelling place for dragons;
and other wild and savage creatures. Dragons, as Aelianus ^F1 observes, love to live in desert places, and such now Babylon is; it lies in ruins; and even its palace is so full of scorpions and serpents, as Benjamin of Tudela ^F2 says it was in his time, that men durst not enter into it; see ( Jeremiah 50:39 ) ( Isaiah 13:21 Isaiah 13:22 ) ; an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant;
an astonishment to neighbouring nations, and to all that pass by; who shall hiss at the destruction of it, and rejoice, there being not so much as a single inhabitant in it; which is its case to this day; see ( Jeremiah 50:13 Jeremiah 50:39 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 De Animal. l. 6. c. 63.
F2 Itinerarium, p. 76.

Jeremías 51:37 In-Context

35 Dice Jerusalén:“¡Que recaiga sobre Babiloniala violencia que me hizo!”Dice la moradora de Sión:“¡Que mi sangre se derramesobre los babilonios!”»

36 Por eso, así dice el SEÑOR:«Voy a defender tu causa,y llevaré a cabo tu venganza;voy a secar el agua de su mar,y dejaré secos sus manantiales.

37 Babilonia se convertirá en un montón de ruinas,en guarida de chacales,en objeto de horror y de burla,en un lugar sin habitantes.

38 Juntos rugen como leones;gruñen como cachorros de león.

39 Cuando entren en calor, les serviré bebida;los embriagaré para que se diviertan.Así dormirán un sueño eternodel que ya no despertarán—afirma el SEÑOR—.