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Isaiah 13:19-21
Contemporary English Version
Isaiah 13:19-21
Contemporary English Version
The Lord Will Destroy Babylon
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.
Footnotes
- 13.21 goats: Or “demons.”
Isaiah 13:19-21
New International Version
Isaiah 13:19-21
New International Version
19 Babylon,(A) the jewel of kingdoms,(B)
the pride and glory(C) of the Babylonians,[a]
will be overthrown(D) by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.(E)
20 She will never be inhabited(F)
or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads(G) will pitch their tents,
there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
21 But desert creatures(H) will lie there,
jackals(I) will fill her houses;
there the owls(J) will dwell,
and there the wild goats(K) will leap about.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:19 Or Chaldeans
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