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10 It will not be quenched night or day.
Its smoke will go up forever.
From generation to generation it will lay waste—
    forever and ever none will pass through it.
11 But pelican and porcupine will have it,
    owl and raven will dwell in it.
He will stretch a line of chaos over it
    and stones of desolation.
12 As for its nobles, there are none there to call it a kingdom,
and all its princes will come to nothing.

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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.