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13 Its castles shall be overgrown with thorns,
    its fortresses with thistles and briers.
It shall become an abode for jackals,
    a haunt for ostriches.(A)
14 Wildcats shall meet with desert beasts,
    satyrs[a] shall call to one another;
There shall the lilith repose,
    and find for herself a place to rest.

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Footnotes

  1. 34:14 Satyrs: see note on 13:21. The lilith: a female demon thought to roam about the desert.

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.

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The burning sands will become pools,
    and the thirsty ground, springs of water;
The abode where jackals crouch
    will be a marsh for the reed and papyrus.

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The burning sand will become a pool,
    the thirsty ground(A) bubbling springs.(B)
In the haunts where jackals(C) once lay,
    grass and reeds(D) and papyrus will grow.

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