20 She will never be inhabited,

Nor will she be a place to reside in throughout all generations.+

No Arab will pitch his tent there,

And no shepherds will rest their flocks there.

21 The desert creatures will lie down there;

Their houses will be filled with eagle owls.

The ostriches will reside there,+

And wild goats* will skip about there.

37 And Babylon will become piles of stones,+

A lair of jackals,+

An object of horror and something to whistle at,

Without an inhabitant.+