Isa 34:8-17, Jer 50:40-41, Rev 18:20-24 | ESV | STEP | For the Lord has a day of vengeance , a year of recompense for the cause of Zion .

Isaiah 34:8-17

8 ^aFor the Lord has a day of vengeance,
a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
9 ^bAnd the streams of Edom ^{▼▼Hebrew her streams} shall be turned into pitch,
and her soil into sulfur;
her land shall become burning pitch.
10 Night and day ^dit shall not be quenched;
^eits smoke shall go up forever.
^fFrom generation to generation it shall lie waste;
none shall pass through it forever and ever.
11 ^gBut 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.
ⁱHe shall stretch the line of ^jconfusion ^{▼▼Hebrew formlessness} over it,
and the plumb line of emptiness.
12 Its nobles—there is no one there to call it a kingdom,
and all its princes shall be nothing.
13 ^lThorns shall grow over its strongholds,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of ^mjackals,
an abode for ostriches. ^{▼▼Or owls}
14 ^oAnd wild animals shall meet with hyenas;
the wild goat shall cry to his fellow;
indeed, there the night bird ^{▼▼Identity uncertain} settles
and finds for herself a resting place.
15 There the owl nests and lays
and hatches and gathers her young in her shadow;
indeed, there ^qthe hawks are gathered,
each one with her mate.
16 Seek and read from the book of the Lord:
Not one of these shall be missing;
none shall be without her mate.
For the mouth of the Lord has commanded,
and his Spirit has gathered them.
17 ^rHe has cast the lot for them;
his hand has portioned it out to them with the line;
they shall possess it forever;
from generation to generation they shall dwell in it.

Jeremiah 50:40-41

40 ^sAs when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the Lord, ^tso no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.

41 ^u“Behold, a people comes from the north;
a mighty nation and many kings
are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.

Revelation of John 18:20-24

20 ^vRejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and ^wapostles and prophets,
for ^xGod has given judgment for you against her!”
21 Then ^ya mighty angel ^ztook up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,

“So will Babylon ^aathe great city be thrown down with violence,
and will be found no more;
22 and ^abthe 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 ^acthe 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 ^adthe voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for ^aeyour merchants were the great ones of the earth,
and all nations were deceived ^afby your sorcery.
24 And ^agin her was found the blood of prophets and of saints,
and of ^ahall who have been slain on earth.”