13 Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;

her fortified cities, with thistles and briers.d

She will become a dwelling for jackals,

an abodeC for ostriches.e

14 The desert creatures will meet hyenas,

and one wild goat will call to another.

Indeed, the night birds will stay there

and will find a resting place.

15 Sand partridgesD will make their nests there;

they will lay and hatch their eggs

and will gather their broods under their shadows.

Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there,

each with its mate.f

16 Search and read the scroll of the Lord:g

Not one of them will be missing,

none will be lacking its mate,

because he has ordered it by myE mouth,

and he will gather them by his Spirit.

17 He has cast the lot for them;

his hand allotted their portion with a measuring line.

They will possess it forever;h

they will dwell in it from generation to generation.