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13 I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line for Samaria and the plummet for the house of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.(A)

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23 And I will make it a possession of the screech owl[a] and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the Lord of hosts.(A)

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  1. 14.23 Meaning of Heb uncertain

The Lord determined to lay in ruins
    the wall of daughter Zion;
he stretched the line;
    he did not withhold his hand from destroying;
he caused rampart and wall to lament;
    they languish together.(A)

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14 Herds shall lie down in it,
    every wild animal of the earth;[a]
the desert owl[b] and the screech owl[c]
    shall lodge on its capitals;
the owl[d] shall hoot at the window,
    the raven[e] croak on the threshold,
    for its cedar work will be laid bare.(A)

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  1. 2.14 Gk: Heb nation
  2. 2.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  3. 2.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  4. 2.14 Cn: Heb a voice
  5. 2.14 Gk Vg: Heb desolation

He called out with a mighty voice,

“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
    It has become a dwelling place of demons,
a haunt of every foul spirit,
    a haunt of every foul bird,
    a haunt of every foul and hateful beast.[a](A)

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  1. 18.2 Other ancient authorities read a haunt of every foul and hateful bird