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12 There will be no more nobles there
    to proclaim the king;
    all of its princes will have vanished.
13 Its citadels will be overgrown with thorns,
    and nettles and briars will cover its fortresses.
It will become an abode for jackals
    and a haunt for ostriches.
14 Desert creatures will frolic with hyenas,
    and wild goats will call out to each other;
there, too, the nightjar will return to rest
    and find a place for repose.

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