Isa 34:9-15 | NASB1995 | STEP | Its streams will be turned into pitch , And its loose earth into brimstone , And its land will become burning pitch .

Isaiah 34:9-15

9 ^{▼▼ I.e. Edom’s}Its streams will be turned into pitch,
And its loose earth into ^bbrimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
10 It will ^cnot be quenched night or day;
Its ^dsmoke will go up forever.
From ^egeneration to generation it will be desolate;
^fNone will pass through it forever and ever.
11 But ^{▼▼ Or owl or jackdaw
,} ^hpelican and hedgehog will possess it,
And ^{▼▼ Or great horned owl}owl and raven will dwell in it;
And He will stretch over it the ^jline of ^{▼▼ Or formlessness}desolation
And the ^{▼▼ Lit stones of void}plumb line of emptiness.
12 Its nobles— there is ^mno one there
Whom they may proclaim king—
And all its princes will be ⁿnothing.
13 Thorns will come up in its ^ofortified towers,
Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities;
It will also be a haunt of ^pjackals
And an abode of ostriches.
14 The desert ^qcreatures will meet with the ^{▼▼ Or howling creatures}wolves,
The ^{▼▼ Or demon
,} ^thairy goat also will cry to its kind;
Yes, the ^{▼▼ Heb Lilith}night monster will settle there
And will find herself a resting place.
15 The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there,
And it will hatch and gather them under its ^{▼▼ Lit shade}protection.
Yes, ^wthe ^{▼▼ Or kites}hawks will be gathered there,
Every one with its kind.