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Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
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A City Reduced to Rubble
Commentators emphasize the literal and total fulfillment of this prophecy. The once-magnificent city of Babylon was predicted to become uninhabitable 'heaps' of useless rubble, a home for wild animals like jackals. Scholars note that modern archaeological discoveries of these very mounds confirm the stunning accuracy of Jeremiah's prediction.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Heaps - Of rubbish, formed in this case by the decay of the unburned bricks of which Babylon was built. It is these heaps which have yielded…
19th Century
Anglican
Babylon shall become heaps ... —It is significant, as emphasizing the law of retribution, that the terms are the same as …
16th Century
Protestant
He confirms what he had said: that when God raised His hand against Babylon, its destruction would be such that the splendor, which previously asto…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Babylon shall become heaps The houses should be demolished, and the stones lie in heaps one upon another, and be…
The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same themes are left and then returned to. Babylon is abundant in treasures,…
