Verse 11

But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
  • Lam 2:8 : 8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to ment; they nguished together.
  • Zeph 2:14 : 14 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.
  • Rev 18:2 : 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the gat is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
  • Isa 14:23 : 23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Isa 24:10 : 10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
  • Isa 13:20-22 : 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. 22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
  • Rev 18:21-23 : 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a gat millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that gat city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no mo at all. 22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no mo at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any mo in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no mo at all in thee; 23 And the light of a candle shall shine no mo at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no mo at all in thee: for thy merchants we the gat men of the earth; for by thy sorceries we all nations deceived.
  • Mal 1:3-4 : 3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. 4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
  • 2 Sam 8:2 : 2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.