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10 Edom’s fiery judgment will burn day and night for all time;
    the smoke from it will ascend forever.
For generations to come it will be a wasteland,
    and no person will make it their home ever again.
11 Desert owls and screech owls, great owls and ravens
    will take up residence in that bleak place.
When God measures the land,
    desolation will be its width and chaos will mark its length.
12 The land will be known as No Kingdom.
    No nobles are there to name a king. Its line of princes will cease.

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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.