[a]Its streams will be turned into pitch,
And its loose earth into (A)brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
10 It will (B)not be extinguished night or day;
Its (C)smoke will go up forever.
From (D)generation to generation it will be desolate;
(E)None will pass through it forever and ever.
11 But [b](F)pelican and hedgehog will possess it,
And [c]owl and raven will dwell in it;
And He will stretch over it the (G)line of [d]desolation
And the [e]plumb line of emptiness.
12 Its nobles—there is (H)no one there
Whom they may proclaim king—
And all its officials will be (I)nothing.
13 Thorns will come up in its (J)fortified towers,
Weeds and thistles in its fortified cities;
It will also be a haunt of (K)jackals
And a habitat of ostriches.
14 The desert (L)creatures will meet with the [f]wolves,
The [g](M)goat also will cry to its kind.
Yes, the [h]night-bird will settle there
And will find herself a resting place.
15 The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there,
And it will hatch and gather them under its [i]protection.
Yes, (N)the [j]hawks will be gathered there,
Every one with its kind.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:9 I.e., Edom’s
  2. Isaiah 34:11 Or owl; or jackdaw
  3. Isaiah 34:11 Or great horned owl
  4. Isaiah 34:11 Or formlessness
  5. Isaiah 34:11 Lit stones of void
  6. Isaiah 34:14 Or howling creatures
  7. Isaiah 34:14 Or goat demon
  8. Isaiah 34:14 Or a demon; Heb Lilith
  9. Isaiah 34:15 Lit shade
  10. Isaiah 34:15 Or kites

16 To make their land a (A)desolation,
An object of perpetual (B)hissing;
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished
And (C)shake his head.

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