Isa 13:20 | NET2full | STEP | No one will live there again ; no one will ever reside there again . No bedouin will camp there , no shepherds will rest their flocks there .

‏ Isaiah 13:20

20 No one will live there again;
no one will ever reside there again. ^{▼▼tn Heb “she will not be inhabited forever, and she will not be dwelt in to generation and generation (i.e., forever).” The Lord declares that Babylon, personified as a woman, will not be inhabited. In other words, her people will be destroyed, and the Chaldean empire will come to a permanent end.}
No bedouin ^{▼▼tn Or “Arab” (NAB, NASB, NIV84); cf. CEV, NLT, NIV11 “nomads.”} will camp ^{▼▼tn יַהֵל (yahel) is probably an alternate form or a scribal error of יֶאֱהַל (yeʾehal). See GKC 186 §68.k.} there,
no shepherds will rest their flocks ^{▼▼tn The words “their flocks” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text does not supply the object here, but see Jer 33:12.} there.