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12 It will be called “The Land of Nothing,” and its princes soon will all be gone. 13 Thorns will overrun the palaces, nettles will grow in its forts, and it will become the haunt of jackals and a home for ostriches. 14 The wild animals of the desert will mingle there with wolves and hyenas. Their howls will fill the night. There the night-monsters will scream at each other, and the demons will come there to rest.

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12 Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
    all her princes(A) will vanish(B) away.
13 Thorns(C) will overrun her citadels,
    nettles and brambles her strongholds.(D)
She will become a haunt for jackals,(E)
    a home for owls.(F)
14 Desert creatures(G) will meet with hyenas,(H)
    and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures(I) will also lie down
    and find for themselves places of rest.

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