Isaias

20 It shall not inhabited for ever, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shall shepherds make (flocks) to lie down dwarf. But desert creatures shall lie there; and their houses shall groaners fill; and ostriches shall dwell there; and shaggy beasts shall dance there.

22 And wolves shall howl in their castles, and jackals in palaces ’of pleasure; and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

XIV. 1 For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet (again) choose Israel, and set them on their own ground: and the stranger shall join himself unto them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

2 And peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place and the house of Israel shall take them as their possession upon the ’s ground for servants and for handmaids; and they shall be captors to their captors 3 and they shall rule over their oppressors.

3 And it shall be in that day that the LORD giveth thee rest from thy pain and thy disquiet, and from the hard bondage which was laid upon thee,

4 That thou shalt take up this ’parable over the king Of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, the insolence ceased!

5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the the rod of rulers,

6 Which smote peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, ruled over nations in anger with a pursuit that none restrained.

7 The whole earth is at rest, is quiet; they break forth into Singing.

8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, the cedars of Lebanon, (saying,) Since thou hast lain down, the feller cometh not up against us.

9 Hell (from) beneath is disquieted for thee, to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the Shades for thee, all the chief ones of the earth; ’ raiseth from their thrones all the kings of the nations.