Jeremiah 50:39

³⁹ Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the isles, 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.

Apocalypse Explained # 132

132. Verse 13. I know thy works, signifies love and faith, as is made evident from what was shown above, (n. 98 and 116).

Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.

¹⁸ As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring cities, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.