³⁹ Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the isles, shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

¹⁸ Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

² And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.