Isa 34:11, Amo 7:7-8, Zec 1:16 | ESV | STEP | But the hawk and the porcupine shall possess it, the owl and the raven shall dwell in it. He shall stretch the line of confusion over it, and the plumb line of emptiness .

a ch. 14:23; Zeph. 2:14; [Rev. 18:2]

c 2 Kgs. 21:13; Lam. 2:8; See Amos 7:7-9

d[ch. 24:10]

f[See ver. 1 above]

g[ver. 17]; See 2 Kgs. 21:13

h ch. 8:2

i[See ver. 7 above]

j ch. 8:2

k ch. 8:3

l[ch. 4:9; Ezra 6:14]

m Jer. 31:39; Ezek. 40:3; 47:3

Isaiah 34:11

11 ^aBut the hawk and the porcupine ^{▼▼The identity of the animals rendered hawk and porcupine is uncertain} shall possess it,
the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
^cHe shall stretch the line of ^dconfusion ^{▼▼Hebrew formlessness} over it,
and the plumb line of emptiness.

Amos 7:7-8

7 ^fThis is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with ^ga plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8 And the Lord said to me, ^h“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,

“Behold, I am setting ⁱa plumb line
in the midst of my people Israel;
^jI will never again pass by them;

Zechariah 1:16

16 Therefore, thus says the Lord, ^kI have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; ^lmy house shall be built in it, declares the Lord of hosts, and ^mthe measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.