^20 (A)It will never be inhabited,
Nor will it be settled from generation to generation;
Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there,
Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there.

²² “For I will rise up against them,” says the Lord of hosts,
“And cut off from Babylon ^(A)the name and ^(B)remnant,
^(C)And offspring and posterity,” says the Lord.

²³ “I will also make it a possession for the ^(A)porcupine,
And marshes of muddy water;
I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” says the Lord of hosts.

^3 (A)For out of the north ^(B)a nation comes up against her,
Which shall make her land desolate,
And no one shall dwell therein.
They shall ^[a]move, they shall depart,
Both man and beast.