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20 No one will ever live there.
    No one will settle there again.
No Arab will put his tent there.
    No shepherd will bring his sheep there.
21 Only animals from the desert will live there.
    The houses of Babylon will be full of wild dogs.
Owls will live there.
    Wild goats will leap about in the houses.
22 Wolves will howl within the strong walls.
    Wild dogs will bark in the beautiful buildings.
The end of Babylon is near.
    Its time is almost over.”

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20 She will never be inhabited(A)
    or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads(B) will pitch their tents,
    there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
21 But desert creatures(C) will lie there,
    jackals(D) will fill her houses;
there the owls(E) will dwell,
    and there the wild goats(F) will leap about.
22 Hyenas(G) will inhabit her strongholds,(H)
    jackals(I) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,(J)
    and her days will not be prolonged.(K)

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