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12 There will be nothing left for its nobles to call a kingdom.
All its officials will be gone.
13 Thorns will cover its citadels.
Thistles and briers will overgrow its fortresses.
It will be a den of jackals,
a haunt for ostriches.
14 Desert animals and hyenas will gather,
and wild goats[a] will bleat to each other.
Creatures of the night[b] will settle there
and find a resting place.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:14 The term translated wild goats later became associated with satyrs and demons, but here it seems to refer to regular animals.
  2. Isaiah 34:14 Hebrew lilith. In later Jewish writing this term became the name of a female demon.