19 And Babylon, (A)the glory of kingdoms,
    the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans,
will be (B)like Sodom and Gomorrah
    when God overthrew them.
20 (C)It will never be inhabited
    or lived in for all generations;
no (D)Arab will pitch his tent there;
    no (E)shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.

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17 (A)“Edom shall become a horror. (B)Everyone who passes by it will be horrified (C)and will hiss because of all its disasters. 18 (D)As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their (E)neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, (F)no man shall dwell there, (G)no man shall sojourn in her.

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13 (A)For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that (B)Bozrah shall become (C)a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”

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Therefore, (A)as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
    the God of Israel,
“Moab shall become (B)like Sodom,
    and the Ammonites (C)like Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
    and a waste forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
    and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”

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14 (A)I will make you a bare rock. (B)You shall be a place for the spreading of nets. You shall never be rebuilt, (C)for I am the Lord; I have spoken, declares the Lord God.

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19 “For thus says the Lord God: When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities that are not inhabited, (A)when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you, 20 then (B)I will make you go down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the world below, among ruins from of old, (C)with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set beauty (D)in the land of the living. 21 I will bring you (E)to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. (F)Though you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord God.”

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33 Hazor shall become (A)a haunt of jackals,
    an everlasting waste;
(B)no man shall dwell there;
    (C)no man shall sojourn in her.”

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