<p class="poetry">The descendants of his servants will inherit it,p> <p class="poetry">and those who are loyal to him<n id="1" /> will live in it.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the upright will reside in the land,p> <p class="poetry">and those with integrity<n id="1" /> will remain in it,p>

<p class="poetry">(She is loud and rebellious,p> <p class="poetry">she<n id="1" /> does not remain<n id="2" /> at home &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">The righteous will never be moved,p> <p class="poetry">but the wicked will not inhabit the land.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">One who digs a pit may<n id="1" /> fall into it,p> <p class="poetry">and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">and from Judah people to take possession of my mountains.p> <p class="poetry">My chosen ones will take possession of the land;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my servants will live there.p>

On its ruins all the birds of the sky will live, and all the wild animals<n id="1" /> will walk<n id="2" /> on its branches.

<t /><p class="poetry">Your shepherds<n id="1" /> are sleeping, O king of Assyria!p> <p class="poetry">Your officers<n id="2" /> are slumbering!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Your people are scattered like sheep<n id="4" /> on the mountainsp> <p class="poetry">and there is no one to regather them!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">He assigns them their allotment;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he measures out their assigned place.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They will live there<n id="3" /> permanently;p> <p class="poetry">they will settle in it through successive generations.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Army of Babylon,<n id="2" /> go and attackp> <p class="poetry">a nation that lives in peace and security.p> <p class="poetry">They have no gates or walls to protect them.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They live all alone.p>