[10] It will not be quenched night or day; its smoke will rise forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever pass through it again. [11] The desert owl and screech owl will possess it; the great owl and the raven will nest there. God will stretch out over Edom the measuring line of chaos and the plumb line of desolation. [12] Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom, all her princes will vanish away. [13] Thorns will overrun her citadels, nettles and brambles her strongholds. She will become a haunt for jackals, a home for owls. [14] Desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and wild goats will bleat to each other; there the night creatures will also lie down and find for themselves places of rest. [15] The owl will nest there and lay eggs, she will hatch them, and care for her young under the shadow of her wings; there also the falcons will gather, each with its mate. [16] Look in the scroll of the LORD and read: None of these will be missing, not one will lack her mate. For it is his mouth that has given the order, and his Spirit will gather them together. [17] He allots their portions; his hand distributes them by measure. They will possess it forever and dwell there from generation to generation.
