Isaiah 13:20-22

New International Reader's Version

²⁰ No one will ever live in Babylon again.
    No one will live there for all time to come.
Those who wander in the desert will never set up their tents there.
    Shepherds will never rest their flocks there.
²¹ But desert creatures will lie down there.
    Wild dogs will fill its houses.
Owls will live there.
    Wild goats will jump around in it.
²² Hyenas will live in its forts.
    Wild dogs will live in its beautiful palaces.
The time for Babylon to be punished is near.
    Its days are numbered.