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.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 50:35-40 elaborates on Babylon's destruction with sword and horror, continuing the same oracle.
Jeremiah 50:38 specifies drought against waters, showing how the land becomes desert — a further detail on the judgment.
Jeremiah 50:39 declares Babylon never again inhabited, filled with wild beasts — the desolation described here is permanent.
Jeremiah 25:12 promises Babylon will become an everlasting waste after seventy years.
Jeremiah 25:26 (Sheshach) also prophesies Babylon's judgment via the cup of wrath.
Jeremiah 51:25 calls Babylon a 'destroying mountain' to be made a burnt mountain.
Jeremiah 51:43 uses the exact phrase 'dry land and a desert' for Babylon's ruin.
Jeremiah 51:62-64 enacts the judgment with a symbolic stone thrown into the Euphrates, sealing Babylon's doom as described here.
Jeremiah 51:37 repeats the image of Babylon as ruins and jackal haunt, reinforcing the horror and desolation.
Jeremiah 51:47 adds punishment of Babylon's images and shame on the land — the mother's disgrace is executed.
Jeremiah 49:2 uses similar desolation imagery for Ammon's judgment, reinforcing the pattern of divine punishment on nations.
Isaiah 13:20-22 expands the desolation: Babylon never inhabited, wild animals dwell — directly matching the wilderness and desert here.
Isaiah 14:22 adds total destruction of Babylon's name and remnant, reinforcing the complete shame and desolation.
Revelation 17:5 picks up the 'mother' title for Babylon, echoing this judgment imagery.
Revelation 18:21-23 echoes OT Babylon's fall for a new covenant audience, portraying ultimate judgment on the world system.