Jeremiah 51 · Verse 43

Jeremiah 51:43

Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
Jeremiah 51:43, King James Version

Jeremiah 51:43 in other translations

BSBHer cities have become a desolation, a dry and arid land, a land where no one lives, where no son of man passes through.
WEBHer cities have become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land in which no man dwells. No son of man passes by it.
ASVHer cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
YLTIts cities have been for a desolation, A dry land, and a wilderness, A land--none doth dwell in them, Nor pass over into them doth a son of man.
DARBYHer cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no one dwelleth, neither doth a son of man pass thereby.
BBEHer towns have become a waste, a dry and unwatered land, where no man has his living-place and no son of man goes by.
WebsterHer cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land in which no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass by it.

What does Jeremiah 51:43 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
43. Her cities--the cities, her dependencies. So, "Jerusalem and the cities thereof" (Jr 34:1). Or, the "cities" are the inner and outer cities, the two parts into which Babylon was divided by the Euphrates [Grotius].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 51:1-58

Babylon's doom; God's controversy with her; encouragements from thence to the Israel of God. (Jr 51:1-58) The confirming of this. (Jr 51:59-64) Verses 1-58 The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to again. Babylon is abundant in treasures, yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secure her. Destruction comes when they did not think of it. Wherever we…

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Jeremiah 51:43 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הָי֤וּha.Yuthey will becomeH1961
עָרֶ֙יהָ֙'a.Rei.hacities itsH5892
לְשַׁמָּ֔הle.sha.Mah<into> a wasteH8047
אֶ֖רֶץ'E.retza landH776
צִיָּ֣הtzi.YahdryH6723
וַעֲרָבָ֑הva.'a.ra.Vahand a desert plainH6160
אֶ֗רֶץ'E.retza landH776
לֹֽא\־lo'-[where] notH3808
יֵשֵׁ֤בye.Shevhe will dwellH3427
בָּהֵן֙ba.Henin <the> them
כָּל\־kol-anyH3605
אִ֔ישׁ'IshpersonH376
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יַעֲבֹ֥רya.'a.Vorhe will passH5674
בָּהֵ֖ןba.Henin <the> them
בֶּן\־ben-a child ofH1121
אָדָֽם\׃'a.DamhumankindH120

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 51:43

  • Jeremiah 2:6

    Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

  • Isaiah 13:20

    It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

  • Jeremiah 51:29

    And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

  • Jeremiah 51:37

    And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

  • Jeremiah 50:12

    Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

  • Ezekiel 29:10-11

    Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

  • Jeremiah 50:39-40

    Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
cities.
29,37; 50:39,40
a land.
2:6; Isa 13:20; Eze 29:10,11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 51:42

    The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

  • Jeremiah 51:43

    Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

  • Jeremiah 51:44

    And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

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Jeremiah 51:43 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sus ciudades fueron asoladas, la tierra seca y desierta, tierra que no morará en ella nadie, ni pasará por ella hijo de hombre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ses villes sont devenues une désolation, un pays sec et une lande aride, un pays où n’habite aucun homme et par où ne passe aucun fils d’homme.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Seine Städte sind zur Wüste geworden, ein dürres Land und eine Steppe, ein Land, worin niemand wohnt, und durch welches kein Menschenkind zieht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Factæ sunt civitates ejus in stuporem, terra inhabitabilis et deserta, terra in qua nullus habitet, nec transeat per eam filius hominis.