37. A sword upon their motley throng,and they become women!A sword upon their treasures,and they are plundered;
38. A drought upon the waters,and they dry up!For it is a land of idols,soon made frantic by phantoms.
39. Hence, wildcats shall dwell there with hyenas,and ostriches occupy it;Never again shall it be inhabited or settled,from age to age.
40. As happened when God overturned Sodomand Gomorrah and their neighbors—oracle of the Lord—No one shall dwell there,no mortal shall settle there.
41. See, a people comes from the north,a great nation, and mighty kingsrising from the ends of the earth.