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20 It will never be inhabited;
    no future generations will ever reside there.
No Arab will ever again pitch his tent there,
    nor will shepherds rest their flocks in that land.
21 However, wild animals of the desert will dwell there,
    and its houses will be filled with jackals.
There ostriches will reside,
    and there wild goats[a] will dance.
22 Hyenas will howl in her castles
    and jackals in her luxurious palaces.
Her time draws near,
    and her days will not be prolonged.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:21 Wild goats: or “satyrs,” popular personifications of the demons who dwelt in ruins.