¹⁰ It will ^(A)not be extinguished night or day;
Its ^(B)smoke will go up forever.
From ^(C)generation to generation it will be desolate;
^(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 ^[c]desolation
And the ^[d]plumb line of emptiness.
¹² Its nobles—there is ^(G)no one there
Whom they may proclaim king—
And all its officials will be ^(H)nothing.
¹³ Thorns will come up in its ^(I)fortified towers,
Weeds and thistles in its fortified cities;
It will also be a haunt of ^(J)jackals
And a habitat of ostriches.

² For the Lord will restore the ^(A)splendor of Jacob
^(B)Like the splendor of Israel,
Even though destroyers have laid waste to them
And ^(C)ruined their vines.