Isaiah 34:11

New International Reader's Version

The desert owl and screech owl will make it their home. The great owl and the raven will build their nests there. God will use his measuring line to show how completely Edom will be destroyed. He will use his plumb line to show how empty Edom will become.

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:2

David also won the battle over the people of Moab. He made them lie down on the ground. Then he measured them off with a piece of rope. He put two-thirds of them to death. He let the other third remain alive. So the Moabites were brought under David’s rule. They gave him the gifts he required them to bring him.

2 Kings 21:13

I will measure out punishment against Jerusalem, just as I did against Samaria. I used a plumb line against the royal family of Ahab. I used it to prove that they did not measure up to my standards. I will use the same plumb line against Jerusalem. I will wipe out Jerusalem, just as someone wipes a dish. I will wipe it and turn it upside down.

Psalm 102:6

I’m like a desert owl. I’m like an owl among destroyed buildings.

Isaiah 14:23

“I will turn it into a place where nothing but owls can live. I will turn it into a swamp. I will sweep through it like a broom and destroy everything,” announces the Lord who rules over all.

Isaiah 24:10

Destroyed cities will lie empty. People will lock themselves inside their houses.

Isaiah 34:17

The Lord will decide what part of the land goes to each animal. Then he will give each one its share. It will belong to them forever. And they will live there for all time to come.

Lamentations 2:8

The Lord decided to tear down the walls around the city of Zion. He measured out what he wanted to destroy. Then he destroyed Jerusalem by his power. He made even her towers and walls sing songs of sadness. All of them fell down.

Leviticus 11:16

They include horned owls, screech owls, gulls and all kinds of hawks.

Amos 7:8

The Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” “A plumb line,” I replied. Then the Lord said, “Look at what I am doing. I am hanging a plumb line next to my people Israel. It will show how crooked they are. I will no longer spare them.

Zephaniah 2:14

Flocks and herds will lie down there. So will creatures of every kind. Desert owls and screech owls will rest on its pillars. The sound of their hooting will echo through the windows. The doorways will be full of trash. The cedar beams will be showing.

Revelation 18:2

With a mighty voice he shouted, “ ‘Fallen! Babylon the Great has fallen!’ (Isaiah 21:9) She has become a place where demons live. She has become a den for every evil spirit. She has become a place where every ‘unclean’ bird is found. She has become a place where every ‘unclean’ and hated animal is found.