Jeremiah 50:40

³⁸ A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.

³⁹ So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

⁴¹ Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.

⁴² They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
KJV: 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.
WEB: As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says the LORD, “so no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.
ASV: As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
DARBY: As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighbour cities, saith Jehovah, no one shall dwell there, neither shall a son of man sojourn therein.
BLB: As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors,” a declaration of YHWH, “no man will dwell there, and no a son of man will reside in it.

ÅB: Som da Gud la Sodoma og Gomorra og dets nabobyer i grus, sier Herren, skal ingen mann bo der, og intet menneskebarn oppholde seg der.
OTB: Som da Gud omstyrtet Sodoma og Gomorra med deres nabobyer," erklærer Herren, "slik vil ingen bo der; ingen mennesker vil bo i det.
B1930: Som da Gud la Sodoma og Gomorra og dets nabobyer i grus, sier Herren, skal ingen mann bo der, og intet menneskebarn opholde sig der.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Genesis 19:24–25
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
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Luke 17:28–30
It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
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Jeremiah 49:18
As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
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2 Peter 2:6
if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
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Isaiah 13:19–20
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
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Jude 1:7
In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
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Deuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
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Amos 4:11
“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
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