²¹ But desert creatures^(A) will lie there,
    jackals^(B) will fill her houses;
there the owls^(C) will dwell,
    and there the wild goats^(D) will leap about.

²² Hyenas^(A) will inhabit her strongholds,^(B)
    jackals^(C) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,^(D)
    and her days will not be prolonged.^(E)

¹⁴ Desert creatures^(A) will meet with hyenas,^(B)
    and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures^(C) will also lie down
    and find for themselves places of rest.

³⁷ Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
    a haunt^(A) of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,^(B)
    a place where no one lives.^(C)

“‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’^[a](A)
    She has become a dwelling for demons
and a haunt for every impure spirit,^(B)
    a haunt for every unclean bird,
    a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.^(C)