8. For the Lord has a day of vengeance,a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
9. Its streams will be turned into pitch,its dust into sulfur,And its land will become burning pitch.
10. It won’t be quenched night nor day.Its smoke will go up forever.From generation to generation, it will lie waste.No one will pass through it forever and ever.
11. But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it.The owl and the raven will dwell in it.He will stretch the line of confusion over it,and the plumb line of emptiness.
12. They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there;and all its princes shall be nothing.
13. Thorns will come up in its palaces,nettles and thistles in its fortresses;and it will be a habitation of jackals,a court for ostriches.
14. The wild animals of the desert will meet with the wolves,and the wild goat will cry to his fellow.Yes, the night creature shall settle there,and shall find herself a place of rest.
15. The arrow snake will make her nest there,and lay, hatch, and gather under her shade.Yes, the kites will be gathered there, every one with her mate.
16. Search in the book of the Lord, and read:not one of these will be missing.None will lack her mate.For my mouth has commanded,and his Spirit has gathered them.