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14 Flocks and herds will lie down there,
    and all wild animals.
The owls and crows will sit
    on the stone pillars.
The owl will hoot through the windows,
    trash will be in the doorways,
    and the wooden boards of the buildings will be gone.
15 This is the happy and safe city
    that thinks there is no one else as strong as it is.
But what a ruin it will be,
    a place where wild animals live.
All those who pass by will make fun
    and shake their fists.

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14 Flocks and herds(A) will lie down there,
    creatures of every kind.
The desert owl(B) and the screech owl(C)
    will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
    rubble will fill the doorways,
    the beams of cedar will be exposed.
15 This is the city of revelry(D)
    that lived in safety.(E)
She said to herself,
    “I am the one! And there is none besides me.”(F)
What a ruin she has become,
    a lair for wild beasts!(G)
All who pass by her scoff(H)
    and shake their fists.(I)

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