²⁰ She will never be inhabited^(A)
    or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads^(B) will pitch their tents,
    there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
²¹ But desert creatures^(C) will lie there,
    jackals^(D) will fill her houses;
there the owls^(E) will dwell,
    and there the wild goats^(F) will leap about.
²² Hyenas^(G) will inhabit her strongholds,^(H)
    jackals^(I) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,^(J)
    and her days will not be prolonged.^(K)

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.