Isaiah 34:9-17

9Its streams will be turned into pitch,

And its loose earth into brimstone,

And its land will become burning pitch.

10It will not be extinguished night or day;

Its smoke will go up forever.

From generation to generation it will be desolate;

None will pass through it forever and ever.

11But pelican and hedgehog will possess it,

And owl and raven will dwell in it;

And He will stretch over it the line of desolation

And the plumb line of emptiness.

12Its nobles—there is no one there

Whom they may proclaim king—

And all its officials will be nothing.

13Thorns will come up in its fortified towers,

Weeds and thistles in its fortified cities;

It will also be a haunt of jackals

And a habitat of ostriches.

14The desert creatures will meet with the wolves,

The goat also will cry to its kind.

Yes, the night-bird will settle there

And will find herself a resting place.

15The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there,

And it will hatch and gather them under its protection.

Yes, the hawks will be gathered there,

Every one with its kind.

¹⁶Seek from the book of the Lord, and read:

Not one of these will be missing;

None will lack its mate.

For His mouth has commanded,

And His Spirit has gathered them.

17He has cast the lot for them,

And His hand has divided it to them by the measuring line.

They shall possess it forever;

From generation to generation they will dwell in it.