Jeremiah 50:39
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.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 50:12 also foretells Babylon becoming a desert — the same desolation described here with wild creatures.
Jeremiah 50:13 echoes the same desolation — uninhabited and appalling to passersby.
Jeremiah 25:12 prophesies Babylon's permanent desolation after 70 years — here that desolation is depicted with desert creatures.
Jeremiah 51:26 reinforces the permanent desolation — no stones reused, matching the uninhabited state here.
Jeremiah 51:37 describes Babylon as a haunt of jackals and uninhabited — identical imagery to the desert creatures here.
Jeremiah 51:43 also depicts Babylon as a dry desert with no inhabitants — identical to the desolation here.
Jeremiah 51:62-64 declares Babylon will be desolate forever with no people or animals — here desert creatures inhabit it, both signify permanent ruin.
Jeremiah 49:33 uses the same 'habitation of dragons' for Hazor's destruction, a parallel judgment on a different city.
Jeremiah 51:29 declares Babylon will become a desolation without inhabitant, directly reinforcing this prophecy.
Isaiah 13:20 also prophesies Babylon's permanent desolation with no inhabitants — directly echoes this verse.
In Isaiah 14:23, Babylon's desolation is similarly depicted with bittern and destruction, reinforcing the same judgment imagery.
Isaiah 34:11-17 applies identical wild animal imagery to Edom's permanent desolation, echoing this judgment pattern.
Revelation 18:2 directly alludes to this verse, describing fallen Babylon as a haunt of demons and unclean birds, fulfilling the prophecy.
Isaiah 34:13 uses thorns, nettles, and owls to describe desolation, similar to the wild beasts in this verse.