I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

我如同旷野的鹈鹕；我好像荒场的鸮鸟。

我如同旷野的鹈鹕，好像荒地的猫头鹰。

我如同旷野的鹈鹕，好像荒地的猫头鹰。

我就像旷野中的鸮鸟，又像废墟中的猫头鹰。

我像旷野的鹈鹕，又像废墟里的猫头鹰。

我像是旷野中的鹈鹕，又像废墟中的猫头鹰；

我如同曠野的鵜鶘；我好像荒場的鴞鳥。

我如同曠野的鵜鶘，好像荒地的貓頭鷹。

我如同曠野的鵜鶘，好像荒地的貓頭鷹。

我就像曠野中的鴞鳥，又像廢墟中的貓頭鷹。

我像曠野的鵜鶘，又像廢墟裡的貓頭鷹。

我好比曠野的叫梟，我如同荒場的鴟鴞。

我像是曠野中的鵜鶘，又像廢墟中的貓頭鷹；

我如曠野之鵜鶘、荒墟之鴟鴞兮、

余若鵜鶘、居彼曠野、余若鸕鶿、止於野水兮、

我如曠野之鵜鶘、又如荒墟之鴟鴞、

形容消瘦盡。長噓更短歎。

I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

I’m like a desert owl. I’m like an owl among destroyed buildings.

I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places;

I am like an owl in the desert, like a little owl in a far off wilderness.

I am like an eagle owl, like a little owl among the ruins.

I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the ruins.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it;[ their] voice shall sing in the windows; desolation[ shall be] in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.

And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none[ shall be] there, and all her princes shall be nothing.And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons,[ and] a court for owls.The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

Like a crane[ or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail[ with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.