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10 It will (A)not be quenched night or day;
Its (B)smoke will go up forever.
From (C)generation to generation it will be laid waste;
(D)None will pass through it forever and ever.
11 But [a](E)pelican and hedgehog will possess it,
And [b]owl and raven will dwell in it;
And He will stretch over it the (F)line of utter formlessness
And the [c]plumb line of utter void.
12 Its nobles—there is (G)no one there
Whom they may proclaim king—
And all its princes will be (H)non-existent.

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  1. Isaiah 34:11 Or owl, jackdaw
  2. Isaiah 34:11 Or great horned owl
  3. Isaiah 34:11 Lit stones of void

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.