Isaiah 13:20 References
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It will anever be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation; Nor will the bArab pitch his tent there, Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
a Isaiah 14:23, Isaiah 34:10-15, Jeremiah 51:37-43
Isaiah 14
23
"I will also make it a possession for the ahedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of bdestruction," declares the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 34
10
It will anot be quenched night or day; Its bsmoke will go up forever. From cgeneration to generation it will be desolate; dNone will pass through it forever and ever.
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But apelican and hedgehog will possess it, And owl and raven will dwell in it; And He will stretch over it the bline of desolation And the plumb line of emptiness.
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Its nobles--there is ano one there Whom they may proclaim king-- And all its princes will be bnothing.
13
Thorns will come up in its afortified towers, Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities; It will also be a haunt of bjackals And an abode of ostriches.
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The desert acreatures will meet with the wolves, The ahairy goat also will cry to its kind; Yes, the night monster will settle there And will find herself a resting place.
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The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there, And it will hatch and gather them under its protection. Yes, athe hawks will be gathered there, Every one with its kind.
Jeremiah 51
37
"aBabylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, An bobject of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.
39
"When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet And amake them drunk, that they may become jubilant And may bsleep a perpetual sleep And not wake up," declares the Lord.