18 Also their bows will dash the young men to pieces,
And they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb;
Their eye will not spare children.
And they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb;
Their eye will not spare children.
19 aAnd Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew bSodom and Gomorrah.
The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew bSodom and Gomorrah.
20 aIt will never be inhabited,
Nor will it be settled from generation to generation;
Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there,
Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there.
Nor will it be settled from generation to generation;
Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there,
Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there.
21 aBut wild beasts of the desert will lie there,
And their houses will be full of1 owls;
Ostriches will dwell there,
And wild goats will caper there.
And their houses will be full of1 owls;
Ostriches will dwell there,
And wild goats will caper there.
22 The hyenas will howl in their citadels,
And jackals in their pleasant palaces.
aHer time is near to come,
And her days will not be prolonged.”
And jackals in their pleasant palaces.
aHer time is near to come,
And her days will not be prolonged.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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