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21 (A)It will be a place where desert animals live and where owls build their nests. Ostriches will live there, and wild goats will prance through the ruins. 22 The towers and palaces will echo with the cries of hyenas and jackals. Babylon's time has come! Her days are almost over.”

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21 But desert creatures(A) will lie there,
    jackals(B) will fill her houses;
there the owls(C) will dwell,
    and there the wild goats(D) will leap about.
22 Hyenas(E) will inhabit her strongholds,(F)
    jackals(G) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,(H)
    and her days will not be prolonged.(I)

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