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Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
    its dust into sulfur,
    and its land will become burning pitch.
10 Night and day won’t be extinguished;
    its smoke will go up forever.
From generation to generation it will lie waste;
    no one will ever pass through it again.
11 Screech owls and crows will possess it;
    owls and ravens will live there.[a]
God will stretch over it the measuring line of chaos
    and the plummet stone of emptiness over its officials.

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  1. Isaiah 34:11 Species uncertain

Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
    her dust into burning sulfur;(A)
    her land will become blazing pitch!
10 It will not be quenched(B) night or day;
    its smoke will rise forever.(C)
From generation to generation(D) it will lie desolate;(E)
    no one will ever pass through it again.
11 The desert owl[a](F) and screech owl[b] will possess it;
    the great owl[c] and the raven(G) will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom(H)
    the measuring line of chaos(I)
    and the plumb line(J) of desolation.

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  1. Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
  2. Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
  3. Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.