Jeremiah 9:11
New King James Version
11 “I will make Jerusalem (A)a heap of ruins, (B)a den of jackals.
I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.”
Jeremiah 9:11
New International Version
Jeremiah 10:22
New King James Version
22 Behold, the noise of the report has come,
And a great commotion out of the (A)north country,
To make the cities of Judah desolate, a (B)den of jackals.
Jeremiah 10:22
New International Version
Zephaniah 2:9
New King James Version
9 Therefore, as I live,”
Says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,
“Surely (A)Moab shall be like Sodom,
And (B)the people of Ammon like Gomorrah—
(C)Overrun[a] with weeds and saltpits,
And a [b]perpetual desolation.
The residue of My people shall plunder them,
And the remnant of My people shall possess them.”
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:9 Lit. Possessed by nettles
- Zephaniah 2:9 Or permanent ruin
Zephaniah 2:9
New International Version
9 Therefore, as surely as I live,”
declares the Lord Almighty,
the God of Israel,
“surely Moab(A) will become like Sodom,(B)
the Ammonites(C) like Gomorrah—
a place of weeds and salt pits,
a wasteland forever.
The remnant of my people will plunder(D) them;
the survivors(E) of my nation will inherit their land.(F)”
Zephaniah 2:12-15
New King James Version
13 And He will stretch out His hand against the north,
(C)Destroy Assyria,
And make Nineveh a desolation,
As dry as the wilderness.
14 The herds shall lie down in her midst,
(D)Every beast of the nation.
Both the (E)pelican and the bittern
Shall lodge on the capitals of her pillars;
Their voice shall sing in the windows;
Desolation shall be at the threshold;
For He will lay bare the (F)cedar work.
15 This is the rejoicing city
(G)That dwelt securely,
(H)That said in her heart,
“I am it, and there is none besides me.”
How has she become a desolation,
A place for beasts to lie down!
Everyone who passes by her
(I)Shall hiss and (J)shake his fist.
Zephaniah 2:12-15
New International Version
Cush
Assyria
13 He will stretch out his hand against the north
and destroy Assyria,(C)
leaving Nineveh(D) utterly desolate
and dry as the desert.(E)
14 Flocks and herds(F) will lie down there,
creatures of every kind.
The desert owl(G) and the screech owl(H)
will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
rubble will fill the doorways,
the beams of cedar will be exposed.
15 This is the city of revelry(I)
that lived in safety.(J)
She said to herself,
“I am the one! And there is none besides me.”(K)
What a ruin she has become,
a lair for wild beasts!(L)
All who pass by her scoff(M)
and shake their fists.(N)
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:12 That is, people from the upper Nile region
Malachi 1:3
New King James Version
3 But Esau I have hated,
And (A)laid waste his mountains and his heritage
For the jackals of the wilderness.”
Malachi 1:3
New International Version
3 but Esau I have hated,(A) and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland(B) and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.(C)”
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