38 “A [a](A)drought on her waters, and they will be dried up!
For it is a land of (B)idols,
And they are mad over fearsome idols.

39 “Therefore the (C)desert creatures will live there along with the jackals;
The ostriches also will live in it,
And it will (D)never again be inhabited
Or dwelt in from generation to generation.
40 “As when God overthrew (E)Sodom
And Gomorrah with its neighbors,” declares the Lord,
“No man will live there,
Nor will any son of man reside in it.

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  1. Jeremiah 50:38 Another reading is sword

38 A drought on[a] her waters!(A)
    They will dry(B) up.
For it is a land of idols,(C)
    idols that will go mad with terror.

39 “So desert creatures(D) and hyenas will live there,
    and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
    or lived in from generation to generation.(E)
40 As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah(F)
    along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell in it.(G)

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  1. Jeremiah 50:38 Or A sword against