the sparrow, the owl, the seagull,

the cormorant, the hawk and its like, the hoopoe, the raven,

I have become like a pelican of the wilderness;

But wild beasts shall rest there; and the houses shall be filled with howling; and monsters shall rest there, and demons shall dance there,

and satyrs shall dwell there; and hedgehogs shall make their nests in their houses. It will come soon, and will not tarry.

and for a long time birds and hedgehogs, and ibises and ravens shall dwell in it; and the measuring line of desolation shall be cast over it, and satyrs shall dwell in it.

And thorns shall spring up in their cities, and in her strongholds; and they shall be habitations of monsters, and a court of ostriches.

There has the hedgehog made its nest, and the earth has safely preserved its young; there have the deer met, and seen one another's faces.

And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than the light, because their works were evil.

But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."

in which you once walked according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit which is now working in the sons of disobedience,

among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the senses, and were by nature children of wrath, as also the rest.

having been darkened in understanding, being estranged from the life of God, because of the ignorance which is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;

who, having become callous, gave themselves over to debauchery, for the working of uncleanness with utmost greediness.

Therefore do not be participants with them.

for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth,

And have no partnership with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose [them].

For many walk, of whom often I was speaking to you, and now even weeping I tell you, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ:

whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame--who are mindful of earthly things.

You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those getting drunk, are drunk at night.

And he cried out with a strong voice, saying, "Babylon the great has fallen, and she has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every unclean spirit, and a cage for every unclean and detestable bird!