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Wail, for the day of the Lord is near;
    it will come like destruction from the Almighty![a](A)

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  1. 13.6 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

11 But the desert owl[a] and the screech owl[b] shall possess it;
    the great owl and the raven shall live in it.
He shall stretch the line of confusion
    and the plummet of chaos over it.(A)
12 They shall call its nobles No Kingdom There,
    and all its princes shall be nothing.
13 Thorns shall grow over its strongholds,
    nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of jackals,
    an abode for ostriches.(B)
14 Wildcats shall meet with hyenas;
    goat-demons shall call to each other;
there also Lilith shall repose
    and find a place to rest.(C)
15 There shall the owl nest
    and lay and hatch and brood in its shadow;
there also the buzzards shall gather,
    each one with its mate.(D)

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  1. 34.11 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 34.11 Meaning of Heb uncertain

14 Herds shall lie down in it,
    every wild animal of the earth;[a]
the desert owl[b] and the screech owl[c]
    shall lodge on its capitals;
the owl[d] shall hoot at the window,
    the raven[e] croak on the threshold,
    for its cedar work will be laid bare.(A)

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  1. 2.14 Gk: Heb nation
  2. 2.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  3. 2.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  4. 2.14 Cn: Heb a voice
  5. 2.14 Gk Vg: Heb desolation