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12 The important people will have no one left to rule them;
    the leaders will all be gone.
13 Thorns will take over the strong towers,
    and wild bushes will grow in the walled cities.
It will be a home for wild dogs
    and a place for owls to live.
14 Desert animals will live with the hyenas,
    and wild goats will call to their friends.
Night animals will live there
    and find a place of rest.

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12 Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
    all her princes(A) will vanish(B) away.
13 Thorns(C) will overrun her citadels,
    nettles and brambles her strongholds.(D)
She will become a haunt for jackals,(E)
    a home for owls.(F)
14 Desert creatures(G) will meet with hyenas,(H)
    and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures(I) will also lie down
    and find for themselves places of rest.

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