Isaiah 13:19-22

Common English Bible

¹⁹ So Babylon, a jewel among kingdoms,
    the Chaldeans’ splendor and pride,
    will be like Sodom and Gomorrah,
        destroyed by God.
²⁰ No one will ever resettle
    or live there for generations.
No Arab will camp there;
    no shepherds will rest flocks there.
²¹ Wildcats will rest there;
    houses will be filled with owls.
Ostriches will live there,
    and goat demons will dance there.
²² Hyenas will howl in its strongholds,
    and jackals in its luxurious palaces.
Babylon’s^[a] time is coming soon;
    its days won’t drag on.