17 the desert owl,
the osprey, the cormorant,

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I am like a desert owl,[a]
like an owl among the ruins.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 102:6 Or a pelican of the desert

11 The desert owl[a] and the screech owl[b] will possess it,
and the great owl and the raven will dwell there.(A)
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line over her
for her destruction and chaos.(B)

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  1. Isaiah 34:11 Or The pelican
  2. Isaiah 34:11 Or the hedgehog

14 Herds will lie down in the middle of it,
every kind of wild animal.[a]
Both the desert owl[b] and the screech owl[c]
will roost in the capitals of its pillars.
Their calls will sound[d] from the window,
but devastation[e] will be on the threshold,
for He will expose the cedar work.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:14 Lit every wild animal of a nation
  2. Zephaniah 2:14 Or the pelican
  3. Zephaniah 2:14 Or the hedgehog
  4. Zephaniah 2:14 Lit sing
  5. Zephaniah 2:14 LXX, Vg read ravens
  6. Zephaniah 2:14 Hb obscure

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