Isaiah 34:9–15

⁹¹Its streams will be turned into pitch,

And its loose earth into ^abrimstone,

And its land will become burning pitch.

¹⁰It will ^anot be quenched night or day;

Its ^bsmoke will go up forever.

From ^cgeneration to generation it will be desolate;

^dNone will pass through it forever and ever.

¹¹But ^1apelican and hedgehog will possess it,

And ²owl and raven will dwell in it;

And He will stretch over it the ^bline of ³desolation

And the ⁴plumb line of emptiness.

¹²Its nobles—there is ^ano one there

Whom they may proclaim king—

And all its princes will be ^bnothing.

¹³Thorns will come up in its ^afortified towers,

Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities;

It will also be a haunt of ^bjackals

And an abode of ostriches.

¹⁴The desert ^acreatures will meet with the ¹wolves,

The ²hairy goat also will cry to its kind;

Yes, the ³night monster will settle there

And will find herself a resting place.

¹⁵The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there,

And it will hatch and gather them under its ¹protection.

Yes, ^athe ²hawks will be gathered there,

Every one with its kind.