13 (A)Thorns shall grow over its strongholds,
    nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of (B)jackals,
    an abode for ostriches.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:13 Or owls

39 (A)“Therefore wild beasts shall dwell with hyenas in Babylon,[a] and ostriches shall dwell in her. She shall never again have people, nor be inhabited for all generations.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:39 Hebrew lacks in Babylon

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