Isaiah 14:23
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Isaiah 34:10-15
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10 It will not be quenched(A) night or day;
its smoke will rise forever.(B)
From generation to generation(C) it will lie desolate;(D)
no one will ever pass through it again.
11 The desert owl[a](E) and screech owl[b] will possess it;
the great owl[c] and the raven(F) will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom(G)
the measuring line of chaos(H)
and the plumb line(I) of desolation.
12 Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
all her princes(J) will vanish(K) away.
13 Thorns(L) will overrun her citadels,
nettles and brambles her strongholds.(M)
She will become a haunt for jackals,(N)
a home for owls.(O)
14 Desert creatures(P) will meet with hyenas,(Q)
and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures(R) will also lie down
and find for themselves places of rest.
15 The owl will nest there and lay eggs,
she will hatch them, and care for her young
under the shadow of her wings;(S)
there also the falcons(T) will gather,
each with its mate.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
- Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
- Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
Jeremiah 51:29
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Jeremiah 51:37-43
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37 Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
a haunt(A) of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,(B)
a place where no one lives.(C)
38 Her people all roar like young lions,(D)
they growl like lion cubs.
39 But while they are aroused,
I will set out a feast for them
and make them drunk,(E)
so that they shout with laughter—
then sleep forever(F) and not awake,”
declares the Lord.(G)
40 “I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats.(H)
41 “How Sheshak[a](I) will be captured,(J)
the boast of the whole earth seized!
How desolate(K) Babylon will be
among the nations!
42 The sea will rise over Babylon;
its roaring waves(L) will cover her.
43 Her towns will be desolate,
a dry and desert(M) land,
a land where no one lives,
through which no one travels.(N)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:41 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:62
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62 Then say, ‘Lord, you have said you will destroy this place, so that neither people nor animals will live in it; it will be desolate(A) forever.’
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