10. It will never go out — day or night.Its smoke will go up forever. It will be desolate, from generation to generation;no one will pass through it forever and ever.
11. The desert owl and the screech owl will possess it,and the great owl and the raven will dwell there. The Lord will stretch out a measuring lineand a plumb line over herfor her destruction and chaos.
12. No nobles will be left to proclaim a king,and all her princes will come to nothing.
13. Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;her fortified cities, with thistles and briers. She will become a dwelling for jackals,an abode for ostriches.
14. The desert creatures will meet hyenas,and one wild goat will call to another.Indeed, the screech owl will stay thereand will find a resting place for herself.
15. The sand partridge will make her nest there;she will lay and hatch her eggsand will gather her brood under her shadow.Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there,each with its mate.
16. Search and read the scroll of the Lord: Not one of them will be missing,none will be lacking its mate,because He has ordered it by my mouth,and He will gather them by His Spirit.
17. He has ordained a lot for them;His hand allotted their portion with a measuring line.They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.