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20 It will never be inhabited again,
    and no one will live in it for generations.
        Arabs won’t pitch their tents there.
        Shepherds won’t let their flocks rest there.
21 Desert animals will lie down there.
    Their homes will be full of owls.
        Ostriches will live there,
            and wild goats will skip about.
22 Hyenas will howl in Babylon’s strongholds,
    and jackals will howl in its luxurious palaces.

Its time has almost come.
    Its days will not be extended.

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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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