Isa 13:20 | NETfull | 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. ^{▼▼ 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 ^{▼▼ Or “Arab” (NAB, NASB, NIV); cf. CEV, NLT “nomads.”} will camp ^{▼▼ יַהֵל (yahel) is probably a corrupted form of יֶאֱהַל (ye’ehal). See GKC 186 #68.k.} there,
no shepherds will rest their flocks ^{▼▼ 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.