Isa 13:20-22, 14:23, Zep 2:14, Rev 18:2, 21-23 | ESV | STEP | It will never be inhabited or lived in for all generations ; no Arab will pitch his tent there ; no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there .

Isaiah 13:20-22

20 ^aIt will never be inhabited
or lived in for all generations;
no ^bArab will pitch his tent there;
no ^cshepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
21 But ^dwild animals will lie down there,
and their houses will be full of howling creatures;
there ^eostriches ^{▼▼Or owls} will dwell,
and there wild goats will dance.
22 Hyenas ^{▼▼Or foxes} will cry in its towers,
and ^hjackals in ⁱthe pleasant palaces;
its time is close at hand
and its days will not be prolonged.

Isaiah 14:23

23 “And I will make it a possession of the ^jhedgehog, ^{▼▼Possibly porcupine, or owl} and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of hosts.

Zephaniah 2:14

14 ^lHerds shall lie down in her midst,
all kinds of beasts; ^{▼▼Hebrew beasts of every nation}
ⁿeven the owl and the hedgehog ^{▼▼The identity of the animals rendered owl and hedgehog is uncertain}
shall lodge in her capitals;
a voice shall hoot in the window;
devastation will be on the threshold;
for ^pher cedar work will be laid bare.

Revelation of John 18:2

2 And he called out with a mighty voice,

^q“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
She has become ^ra dwelling place for demons,
a haunt ^sfor every unclean spirit,
a haunt ^tfor every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.

Revelation of John 18:21-23

21 Then ^ua mighty angel ^vtook up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,

“So will Babylon ^wthe great city be thrown down with violence,
and will be found no more;
22 and ^xthe sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters,
will be heard in you no more,
and a craftsman of any craft
will be found in you no more,
and ^ythe sound of the mill
will be heard in you no more,
23 and the light of a lamp
will shine in you no more,
and ^zthe voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for ^aayour merchants were the great ones of the earth,
and all nations were deceived ^abby your sorcery.