Isaiah 34:9–15

⁹Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,

her soil into sulfur; ^b

her land will become burning pitch.

¹⁰It will never go out—day or night.

Its smoke will go up forever. ^c

It will be desolate, from generation to generation;

no one will pass through it forever and ever. ^d

¹¹The desert owl ^eand the screech owl ^fwill possess it,

and the great owl and the raven will dwell there. ^g

The Lord will stretch out a measuring line

and a plumb line over her

for her destruction and chaos. ^h

¹²No nobles will be left to proclaim a king,

and all her princes will come to nothing.

¹³Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;

her fortified cities, with thistles and briers. ⁱ

She will become a dwelling for jackals,

an abode ^jfor ostriches. ^k

¹⁴The desert creatures will meet hyenas,

and one wild goat will call to another.

Indeed, the screech owl will stay there

and will find a resting place for herself.

¹⁵The sand partridge ^lwill make her nest there;

she will lay and hatch her eggs

and will gather her brood under her shadow.

Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there,

each with its mate. ^m