20 It will (A)never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation;
Nor will the (B)Arab pitch his tent there,
Nor will shepherds allow their flocks to lie down there.
21 But (C)desert creatures will lie down there,
And their houses will be full of [a]owls;
Ostriches also will live there, and [b]shaggy goats will frolic there.
22 [c]Hyenas will howl in their fortified towers
And jackals in their luxurious (D)palaces.
Her fateful time also [d]will soon come,
And her days will not be prolonged.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:21 Or howling creatures
  2. Isaiah 13:21 Or goat demons
  3. Isaiah 13:22 Or howling creatures
  4. Isaiah 13:22 Lit is near to come

11 I will make Jerusalem a (A)heap of ruins,
A haunt of (B)jackals;
And I will make the cities of Judah a (C)desolation without inhabitant.”

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22 The sound of a (A)report! Behold, it is coming—
A great roar (B)from the land of the north—
To (C)make the cities of Judah
A desolation, a haunt of jackals.

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37 (A)Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals,
An (B)object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.

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Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of armies,
The God of Israel,
(A)Moab will assuredly be like (B)Sodom,
And the sons of (C)Ammon like (D)Gomorrah—
Ground overgrown with weeds and full of salt mines,
And a permanent desolation.
The remnant of My people will (E)plunder them,
And the remainder of My nation will inherit them.”

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13 And He will (A)stretch out His hand against the north
And eliminate (B)Assyria,
And He will make (C)Nineveh a desolation,
Parched like the wilderness.
14 Flocks will lie down in her midst,
[a]All animals that range in herds;
Both the [b](D)pelican and the hedgehog
Will spend their nights in [c]the tops of her pillars;
[d]Birds will sing in the window,
Devastation will be on the threshold;
For He has uncovered the cedar work.
15 This is the (E)presumptuous city
That (F)dwells securely,
Who says in her heart,
(G)I am, and there is no one besides me.”
How she has become a (H)desolation,
A resting place for animals!
(I)Everyone who passes by her will [e]hiss
And wave his hand in contempt.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:14 Or All kinds of beasts in crowds; lit Every kind of beast of a nation
  2. Zephaniah 2:14 Or owl; or jackdaw
  3. Zephaniah 2:14 Lit her capitals
  4. Zephaniah 2:14 Lit A voice
  5. Zephaniah 2:15 Or whistle

but I have hated Esau, and I have (A)made his mountains a desolation and given his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.”

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