20. It will never be inhabited, nor will it be dwelt in from generation to generation, nor will an Arab pitch a tent there, nor will shepherds let flocks lie there.
21. But desert creatures will lie there. Their houses will be full of owls. Ostriches will dwell there, and goat-demons will dance there.
22. Hyenas will howl in their citadels and jackals in their pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come— her days will not drag on long.