23 “And I will make it ca possession of the hedgehog,1 and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of hosts.
11 But the hawk and the porcupine1 shall possess it,
the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
He shall stretch the tline of confusion2 over it,
and the plumb line of emptiness.
12 Its nobles—there is no one there to call it a kingdom,
and all its princes shall be nothing.
13 Thorns shall grow over its strongholds,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of jackals,
an abode for ostriches.3
14 And wild animals shall meet with hyenas;
the wild goat shall cry to his fellow;
indeed, there the night bird4 settles
and finds for herself a resting place.
15 There the owl nests and lays
and hatches and gathers her young in her shadow;
indeed, there the hawks are gathered,
each one with her mate.
