⁹ Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
    her dust into burning sulfur;^(A)
    her land will become blazing pitch!
¹⁰ It will not be quenched^(B) night or day;
    its smoke will rise forever.^(C)
From generation to generation^(D) it will lie desolate;^(E)
    no one will ever pass through it again.
¹¹ The desert owl^[a](F) and screech owl^[b] will possess it;
    the great owl^[c] and the raven^(G) will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom^(H)
    the measuring line of chaos^(I)
    and the plumb line^(J) of desolation.
¹² Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
    all her princes^(K) will vanish^(L) away.
¹³ Thorns^(M) will overrun her citadels,
    nettles and brambles her strongholds.^(N)
She will become a haunt for jackals,^(O)
    a home for owls.^(P)
14 Desert creatures^(Q) will meet with hyenas,^(R)
    and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures^(S) will also lie down
    and find for themselves places of rest.
¹⁵ The owl will nest there and lay eggs,
    she will hatch them, and care for her young
    under the shadow of her wings;^(T)
there also the falcons^(U) will gather,
    each with its mate.

¹⁶ Their land will be an object of horror^(A)
    and of lasting scorn;^(B)
all who pass by will be appalled^(C)
    and will shake their heads.^(D)