Isaiah 13:19-21

Contemporary English Version

^19 (A) The city of Babylon
is glorious and powerful,
    the pride of the nation.
But it will be like the cities
    of Sodom and Gomorrah
after I, the Lord,
    destroyed them.
²⁰ No one will live in Babylon.
Even nomads won't camp nearby,
    and shepherds won't let
    their sheep rest there.
^21 (B) Only desert creatures,
    hoot owls, and ostriches
will live in its ruins,
    and goats^[a] will leap about.