The palace and the city will be deserted, and busy towns will be empty. Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze in the empty forts and watchtowers

因为宫殿必被撇下，多民的城必被离弃；山冈望楼永为洞穴，作野驴所喜乐的，为羊群的草场。

宫殿必被撇下，繁华的城必被抛弃，堡垒和瞭望楼永为洞穴，成为野驴的乐土，羊群的草场。

宫殿必被撇下，繁华的城必被抛弃，堡垒和瞭望楼永为洞穴，成为野驴的乐土，羊群的草场。

王宫必被遗弃，繁荣的城邑必荒芜，山冈和瞭望塔必永远成为野驴的乐园、羊群的草场。

因为宫殿必被丢弃，热闹的城市也被撇下，山冈和守望楼必永远成为洞穴，作了野驴喜欢的地方和羊群的草场。

因为城堡将被撇弃，喧闹的城市将被遗弃，山冈和守望楼将成为兽穴，直到永远，成为野驴的喜乐之地和畜群的草场。

因為宮殿必被撇下，多民的城必被離棄；山岡望樓永為洞穴，作野驢所喜樂的，為羊羣的草場。

宮殿必被撇下，繁華的城必被拋棄，堡壘和瞭望樓永為洞穴，成為野驢的樂土，羊羣的草場。

宮殿必被撇下，繁華的城必被拋棄，堡壘和瞭望樓永為洞穴，成為野驢的樂土，羊羣的草場。

王宮必被遺棄，繁榮的城邑必荒蕪，山岡和瞭望塔必永遠成為野驢的樂園、羊群的草場。

因為宮殿必被丟棄，熱鬧的城市也被撇下，山岡和守望樓必永遠成為洞穴，作了野驢喜歡的地方和羊群的草場。

因為宮堡必被丟棄，熱鬧的城市必被撇下，山岡和守望樓必永為洞穴，做野驢的娛樂所，羊羣的牧場；

因為城堡將被撇棄，喧鬧的城市將被遺棄，山岡和守望樓將成為獸穴，直到永遠，成為野驢的喜樂之地和畜群的草場。

宮闕荒涼、邑眾離散、山莊戍樓、永為窟穴、野驢悅其地、羣畜牧其間、

宮闕毀圮、邑民離散、城堞戍樓、竟成荒竇、野驢遨遊、群畜嚙蒭、

宮殿荒蕪、邑民離散、邑民離散或作邑中諠譁已息崇岡高樓、永為洞穴、野驢樂遊之處、群畜囓草之地、

The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,

The royal palace will be left empty. The noisy city will be deserted. The fort and lookout tower will become a dry and empty desert forever. Donkeys will enjoy being there. Flocks will eat there.

For the palace is forsaken, the populous city deserted; the hill and the watchtower will become dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;

For the palace will be deserted, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become barren places forever, the joy of wild donkeys, and a pasture for flocks,

For the palace has been neglected, the populated city abandoned. Hill and watch tower have become caves forever, A delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,

Because the palaces will be forsaken, The bustling city will be deserted. The forts and towers will become lairs forever, A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks—

For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch- tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become barren places forever, the joy of wild donkeys, and a pasture for flocks,

Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

For the fortress is neglected; the once-crowded city is abandoned. Hill and watchtower are permanently uninhabited. Wild donkeys love to go there, and flocks graze there.

For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,

The fortified towns will be silent and empty, the houses abandoned, the streets overgrown with weeds. Calves will graze there, chewing on twigs and branches.

The city writhes in chaos; every home is locked to keep out intruders.

The city is left in ruins, its gates battered down.

You turn mighty cities into heaps of ruins. Cities with strong walls are turned to rubble. Beautiful palaces in distant lands disappear and will never be rebuilt.

Babylon, the most glorious of kingdoms, the flower of Chaldean pride, will be devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah when God destroyed them.Babylon will never be inhabited again. It will remain empty for generation after generation. Nomads will refuse to camp there, and shepherds will not bed down their sheep.Desert animals will move into the ruined city, and the houses will be haunted by howling creatures. Owls will live among the ruins, and wild goats will go there to dance.Hyenas will howl in its fortresses, and jackals will make dens in its luxurious palaces. Babylon’s days are numbered; its time of destruction will soon arrive.

“ And when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that the time of its destruction has arrived.

They will be killed by the sword or sent away as captives to all the nations of the world. And Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the period of the Gentiles comes to an end.

They provide water for all the animals, and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

He gave a mighty shout:“ Babylon is fallen— that great city is fallen! She has become a home for demons. She is a hideout for every foul spirit, a hideout for every foul vulture and every foul and dreadful animal.For all the nations have fallen because of the wine of her passionate immorality. The kings of the world have committed adultery with her. Because of her desires for extravagant luxury, the merchants of the world have grown rich.”

It will be haunted by the desert owl and the screech owl, the great owl and the raven. For God will measure that land carefully; he will measure it for chaos and destruction.It will be called the Land of Nothing, and all its nobles will soon be gone.Thorns will overrun its palaces; nettles and thistles will grow in its forts. The ruins will become a haunt for jackals and a home for owls.Desert animals will mingle there with hyenas, their howls filling the night. Wild goats will bleat at one another among the ruins, and night creatures will come there to rest.There the owl will make her nest and lay her eggs. She will hatch her young and cover them with her wings. And the buzzards will come, each one with its mate.Search the book of the Lord, and see what he will do. Not one of these birds and animals will be missing, and none will lack a mate, for the Lord has promised this. His Spirit will make it all come true.He has surveyed and divided the land and deeded it over to those creatures. They will possess it forever, from generation to generation.

Then I said,“ Lord, how long will this go on?” And he replied,“ Until their towns are empty, their houses are deserted, and the whole country is a wasteland;

But I have heard the Lord of Heaven’s Armies swear a solemn oath:“ Many houses will stand deserted; even beautiful mansions will be empty.

He burned down the Temple of the Lord, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings in the city.

Look! The Lord is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people.Priests and laypeople, servants and masters, maids and mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, bankers and debtors— none will be spared.The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The Lord has spoken!