⁷ Behold, let that night be barren;
    let no joyful cry enter it.

²² and ^(A)the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters,
    will be heard in you no more,
and a craftsman of any craft
    will be found in you no more,
and ^(B)the sound of the mill
    will be heard in you no more,
²³ and the light of a lamp
    will shine in you no more,
and ^(C)the voice of bridegroom and bride
    will be heard in you no more,
for ^(D)your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
    and all nations were deceived ^(E)by your sorcery.

^8 (A)The mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
    the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
    the mirth of the lyre is stilled.

^20 (A)It will never be inhabited
    or lived in for all generations;
no ^(B)Arab will pitch his tent there;
    no ^(C)shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
²¹ But ^(D)wild animals will lie down there,
    and their houses will be full of howling creatures;
there ^(E)ostriches^[a] will dwell,
    and there wild goats will dance.
²² Hyenas^[b] will cry in its towers,
    and ^(F)jackals in ^(G)the pleasant palaces;
its time is close at hand
    and its days will not be prolonged.