12. Her nobles will have nothing left to call a kingdomand all her officials will disappear.
13. Her fortresses will be overgrown with thorns;thickets and weeds will grow in her fortified cities.Jackals will settle there;ostriches will live there.
14. Wild animals and wild dogs will congregate there;wild goats will bleat to one another.Yes, nocturnal animals will rest thereand make for themselves a nest.
15. Owls will make nests and lay eggs there;they will hatch them and protect them.Yes, hawks will gather there,each with its mate.