Isaiah 34:9-17

⁹ Its streams will be turned into pitch , And its loose earth into brimstone , And its land will become burning pitch . ¹⁰ It will not be quenched night or day ; Its smoke will go up forever . From generation to generation it will be desolate ; None will pass through it forever and ever . ¹¹ But pelican and hedgehog will possess it, And owl and raven will dwell in it; And He will stretch over it the line of desolation And the plumb line of emptiness . ¹² Its nobles -there is no one there Whom they may proclaim king - And all its princes will be nothing . ¹³ Thorns will come up in its fortified towers , Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities ; It will also be a haunt of jackals And an abode of ostriches . ¹⁴ The desert creatures will meet with the wolves , The hairy goat also will cry to its kind ; Yes , the night monster will settle there And will find herself a resting place . ¹⁵ The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there , And it will hatch and gather them under its protection . Yes , the hawks will be gathered there , Every one with its kind . ¹⁶ Seek from the book of the Lord , and read : Not one of these will be missing ; None e will lack its mate . For His mouth has commanded , And His Spirit has gathered them. ¹⁷ He has cast the lot for them, And His hand has divided it to them by line . They shall possess it forever e ; From generation to generation they will dwell in it.