11 (A)But the hawk and the porcupine[a] shall possess it,
    the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
(B)He shall stretch the line of (C)confusion[b] over it,
    and the plumb line of emptiness.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:11 The identity of the animals rendered hawk and porcupine is uncertain
  2. Isaiah 34:11 Hebrew formlessness

17 And I will make justice (A)the line,
    and righteousness (B)the plumb line;
and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
    and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”

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(A)The Lord determined to lay in ruins
    (B)the wall of the daughter of Zion;
(C)he stretched out the measuring line;
    he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
(D)he caused rampart and wall to lament;
    (E)they languished together.

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(A)This is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with (B)a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. And the Lord said to me, (C)“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,

“Behold, I am setting (D)a plumb line
    in the midst of my people Israel;
    (E)I will never again pass by them;

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