Will Babylon Be Desolate Or Not?
I was wondering why in the passages pertaining to the Doom of Babylon there appears to be a contradiction when some passages say that the land would never be inhabited again by man or beast versus the land would be abandoned by men but would be inhabited by animals.(Isaiah 13-14 and Jeremiah 50-51)
Q. I was wondering why in the passages pertaining to the Doom of Babylon (Specifically Isaiah 13-14 and Jeremiah 50-51) there appears to be a contradiction when some passages say that the land would never be inhabited again by man or beast versus the land would be abandoned by men but would be inhabited by animals. Are they talking about different periods of its destruction? How are those verses reconciled with eachother? Thank you for your help in this matter.
A. Both Jeremiah 50:39 and Isaiah 13:19-22 speak of animal inhabitants. But I’ve been told that the animal names appearing there are compromise translations and that the original language refers to various kinds of demons. If so, and I believe it’s true, then there will be no physical habitation whether by man or animal.



