17  Behold, pI will stir up qthe Medes against them,

rWhich shall not regard silver;

And as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

18  sTheir bows also shall dash the young men to pieces;

And they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb;

tTheir eye shall not spare children.

19  And Babylon, uthe glory of kingdoms,

uThe beauty of vthe Chaldees’ uexcellency,

wShall be †as xwhen God overthrew ySodom and Gomorrah.

20  zIt shall never be inhabited,

Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation:

Neither shall athe Arabian pitch tent there;

Neither shall the shepherds bmake their fold there.

21  cBut †dwild beasts of the desert shall lie there;

And their houses shall be full of †doleful creatures;

And ||†dowls shall dwell there,

And desatyrs shall dance there.

22  And †dthe wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their ||fdesolate houses,

And gdragons in their hpleasant ipalaces:

And kher time is near to come,

And her days shall not be prolonged.