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Jeremiah 51:37

Hebrew
וְהָיְתָה֩plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigהָיָה

hebrew

The word הָיָה means “to exist” or “to be” or “to become” or “to come into being” and occurs 3561 times in the Old Testament.

This is the foundational verb of existence, identity, becoming and occurrence.

* It is used in the creation narrative of Genesis 1, represented by the English words Genesis 1:3Exodus 3:12Ruth 1:1Isaiah 2:2
בָבֶ֨ל לְגַלִּ֧ים מְעוֹן תַּנִּ֛ים שַׁמָּ֥ה וּשְׁרֵקָ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב
ESV
and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, the haunt of jackals, a horror and a hissing, without inhabitant.
NIV
Babylon will be a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and scorn, a place where no one lives.
NLT
and Babylon will become a heap of ruins, haunted by jackals. She will be an object of horror and contempt, a place where no one lives.
LXX
KJV
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

Jeremiah 51:36 ← Jeremiah 51:37 → Jeremiah 51:38

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