¹⁰ It will not be quenched^(A) night or day;
    its smoke will rise forever.^(B)
From generation to generation^(C) it will lie desolate;^(D)
    no one will ever pass through it again.
¹¹ The desert owl^[a](E) and screech owl^[b] will possess it;
    the great owl^[c] and the raven^(F) will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom^(G)
    the measuring line of chaos^(H)
    and the plumb line^(I) of desolation.
¹² Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
    all her princes^(J) will vanish^(K) away.
¹³ Thorns^(L) will overrun her citadels,
    nettles and brambles her strongholds.^(M)
She will become a haunt for jackals,^(N)
    a home for owls.^(O)

² The Lord will restore^(A) the splendor^(B) of Jacob
    like the splendor of Israel,
though destroyers have laid them waste
    and have ruined their vines.