“And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.”
Herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all sorts of beasts; even the owl and the hedgehog shall lodge in her capitals; a voice shall hoot in the window; devastation will be on the threshold; for her cedar work will be laid bare—the depiction of animal habitation in ruins emphasizes the totality of desolation. The owl and hedgehog inhabiting a once-great capital suggests cosmic reversal. The specific mention of cedar-work recalls Assyrian architectural grandeur; all will be stripped and exposed.
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