20 She will never be inhabited,

Nor will she be a place to reside in throughout all generations.+

No Arab will pitch his tent there,

And no shepherds will rest their flocks there.

It makes her land an object of horror;

No one is dwelling in her.

Both man and beast have taken flight;

They have gone away.”

39 Therefore, the desert creatures will dwell with the howling animals,

And in her the ostriches will dwell.+

She will never again be inhabited,

Nor will she be a place of residence throughout all generations.”+

29 And the earth will quake and tremble,

For the thoughts of Jehovah against Babylon will be carried out

To make the land of Babylon an object of horror, without an inhabitant.+

37 And Babylon will become piles of stones,+

A lair of jackals,+

An object of horror and something to whistle at,

Without an inhabitant.+