17 eagle owls,

ospreys, cormorants,

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17 the desert owl,(A) the osprey, the cormorant,

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I am like an eagle owl,
like a little owl among the ruins.(A)

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I am like a desert owl,(A)
    like an owl among the ruins.

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11 Eagle owls[a] and herons[b] will possess it,
and long-eared owls and ravens will dwell there.(A)
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line(B) over her
for her destruction and chaos.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 34:11 Or Pelicans
  2. 34:11 Or hedgehogs

11 The desert owl[a](A) and screech owl[b] will possess it;
    the great owl[c] and the raven(B) will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom(C)
    the measuring line of chaos(D)
    and the plumb line(E) of desolation.

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Footnotes

  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.

14 Herds will lie down in the middle of it,
every kind of wild animal.[a]
Both eagle owls[b] and herons[c]
will roost in the capitals of its pillars.
Their calls will sound[d] from the window,
but devastation[e] will be on the threshold,
for he will expose the cedar work.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:14 Lit every wild animal of a nation
  2. 2:14 Or the pelicans
  3. 2:14 Or the hedgehogs
  4. 2:14 Lit sing
  5. 2:14 LXX, Vg read ravens
  6. 2:14 Hb obscure

14 Flocks and herds(A) will lie down there,
    creatures of every kind.
The desert owl(B) and the screech owl(C)
    will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
    rubble will fill the doorways,
    the beams of cedar will be exposed.

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