Jeremiah 51:37
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
37 Babylon shall become a heap of ruins,
a haunt of jackals;
A place of horror and hissing,
without inhabitants.(A)
Isaiah 13:21-22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
21 But desert demons shall rest there
and owls shall fill the houses;
There ostriches shall dwell,
and satyrs[a] shall dance.(A)
22 Wild dogs shall dwell in its castles,
and jackals in its luxurious palaces.
Its time is near at hand
and its days shall not be prolonged.(B)
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