# Connecting Statement:

Yahweh continues speaking about what will happen to Babylon.

# will lie there

"will lie in Babylon"

# Their houses

"The people's houses"

# owls

Owls are wild birds that hunt at night. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-unknown]])

# ostriches

Ostriches are large wild birds that run fast and cannot fly. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-unknown]])