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10 That fire will burn through the days and the nights.
    Its smoke will always continue to rise up.
The land will be empty from one century to the next.
    Nobody will ever travel through it again.
11 Owls, hawks and hedgehogs will live there,[a]
    as well as all kinds of wild animals and wild birds.
The Lord will carefully measure the whole land,
    so that he can destroy it.
It will become like an empty desert.
12 There will be no kingdom left for anyone to rule.
    Edom's leaders and officers will all disappear.

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  1. 34:11 A hedgehog is a small animal that can hide in a bush.

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.

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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.