34:11 Owls and wild animals 1 will live there, 2
all kinds of wild birds 3 will settle in it.
The Lord 4 will stretch out over her
the measuring line of ruin
and the plumb line 5 of destruction. 6
34:12 Her nobles will have nothing left to call a kingdom
and all her officials will disappear. 7
34:13 Her fortresses will be overgrown with thorns;
thickets and weeds will grow 8 in her fortified cities.
Jackals will settle there;
ostriches will live there. 9
34:14 Wild animals and wild dogs will congregate there; 10
wild goats will bleat to one another. 11
Yes, nocturnal animals 12 will rest there
and make for themselves a nest. 13
34:15 Owls 14 will make nests and lay eggs 15 there;
they will hatch them and protect them. 16
Yes, hawks 17 will gather there,
each with its mate.
2:14 Flocks and herds 18 will lie down in the middle of it,
as well as every kind of wild animal. 19
Owls 20 will sleep in the tops of its support pillars;
they will hoot through the windows. 21
Rubble will cover the thresholds; 22
even the cedar work 23 will be exposed to the elements. 24
“Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great!
She 26 has become a lair for demons,
a haunt 27 for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detested beast. 28