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13 Its palaces are covered with thorns.
    Its fortresses have nettles and thistles.
    It will become a home for jackals
        and a place for ostriches.
14 Hyenas will meet with jackals.
    Male goats will call to their mates.
        Screech owls will rest there
            and find a resting place for themselves.
15 Owls will make their nests there, lay eggs, and hatch them.
    They will gather their young
        in the shadow of their wings.
            Vultures also will gather there,
                each one with its mate.

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13 Thorns(A) will overrun her citadels,
    nettles and brambles her strongholds.(B)
She will become a haunt for jackals,(C)
    a home for owls.(D)
14 Desert creatures(E) will meet with hyenas,(F)
    and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures(G) will also lie down
    and find for themselves places of rest.
15 The owl will nest there and lay eggs,
    she will hatch them, and care for her young
    under the shadow of her wings;(H)
there also the falcons(I) will gather,
    each with its mate.

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