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20 It will never be inhabited again,
nor will anyone live in it from generation to generation.
No Arab[a] will pitch his tent there.
No shepherd will rest his flocks there.
21 Instead, wild animals from the desert will rest there.
The houses will be full of wild dogs.[b]
Ostriches will nest there,
and wild goats will frolic.
22 Hyenas will howl in its fortresses,
and jackals in the luxurious palaces.
Its time is near,
and its days will not be prolonged.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:20 Or nomad
  2. Isaiah 13:21 The identification of some of the wild animals is uncertain.

20 She will never be inhabited(A)
    or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads(B) will pitch their tents,
    there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
21 But desert creatures(C) will lie there,
    jackals(D) will fill her houses;
there the owls(E) will dwell,
    and there the wild goats(F) will leap about.
22 Hyenas(G) will inhabit her strongholds,(H)
    jackals(I) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,(J)
    and her days will not be prolonged.(K)

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