<p class="poetry">&#8220;I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and covered with pools of stagnant water.p> <p class="poetry">I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom,&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies.p>

<p class="poetry">Owls and wild animals<n id="1" /> will live there,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all kinds of wild birds<n id="3" /> will settle in it.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc><n id="4" /> will stretch out over herp> <p class="poetry">the measuring line of ruinp> <p class="poetry">and the plumb line<n id="5" /> of destruction.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Flocks and herds<n id="1" /> will lie down in the middle of it,p> <p class="poetry">as well as every kind of wild animal.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Owls<n id="3" /> will sleep in the tops of its support pillars;p> <p class="poetry">they will hoot through the windows.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Rubble will cover the thresholds;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">even the cedar work<n id="6" /> will be exposed to the elements.<n id="7" />p>