Psalm 102:6

Affliction In Light Of Eternity

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Because of the sound of my groaning [in suffering and trouble]
My bones cling to my flesh.
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I am like a [mournful] vulture of the wilderness;
I am like a [desolate] owl of the wasteland.
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I am sleepless and lie awake [mourning],
I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.

In the Wilderness

In The Desert

Zephaniah 2:14

Flocks will lie down in her midst,
All the animals which range in herds;
Both the pelican and the short-eared owl
Will roost on the top of Nineveh’s pillars.
Birds will sing in the window,
Desolation will be on the threshold;
For He has uncovered the cedar paneling.

Job 30:29-30

“I am a brother to [howling] jackals,
And a companion to ostriches [which scream dismally].

Isaiah 34:11-15

But the pelican and the porcupine will take possession of it;
The owl and the raven will dwell in it.
And He will stretch over it (Edom) the measuring line of desolation
And the plumb line of emptiness.

Isaiah 38:14

“Like a swallow, like a crane, so I chirp;
I coo like a dove.
My eyes look wistfully upward;
O Lord, I am oppressed, take my side and be my security.

Micah 1:8

Because of this I [Micah] must lament (mourn over with expressions of grief) and wail,
I must go barefoot and naked [without outer garments as if robbed];
I must wail like the jackals
And lament [with a loud, mournful cry] like the ostriches.

Revelation 18:2

And he shouted with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen [certainly to be destroyed] is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a dungeon haunted by every unclean spirit, and a prison for every unclean and loathsome bird.