⁶ I am like a desert owl^[a] of the wilderness,
    like a little owl of the waste places.^(A)

¹⁴ Herds shall lie down in it,
    every wild animal of the earth;^[a]
the desert owl^[b] and the screech owl^[c]
    shall lodge on its capitals;
the owl^[d] shall hoot at the window,
    the raven^[e] croak on the threshold,
    for its cedar work will be laid bare.^(A)

¹¹ But the desert owl^[a] and the screech owl^[b] shall possess it;
    the great owl and the raven shall live in it.
He shall stretch the line of confusion
    and the plummet of chaos over it.^(A)
12 They shall call its nobles No Kingdom There,
    and all its princes shall be nothing.
¹³ Thorns shall grow over its strongholds,
    nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of jackals,
    an abode for ostriches.^(B)
14 Wildcats shall meet with hyenas;
    goat-demons shall call to each other;
there also Lilith shall repose
    and find a place to rest.^(C)
15 There shall the owl nest
    and lay and hatch and brood in its shadow;
there also the buzzards shall gather,
    each one with its mate.^(D)

²⁹ I am a brother of jackals
    and a companion of ostriches.^(A)
30 My skin turns black and falls from me,
    and my bones burn with heat.^(B)

⁸ For this I will lament and wail;
    I will go barefoot and naked;
I will make lamentation like the jackals
    and mourning like the ostriches.^(A)