Isaiah 13:21 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 13:21

But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.

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ASV

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there,.... What sort of creatures are meant is not certain. The Targum renders it by a word which signifies monstrous, astonishing creatures; the Latin interpreter of it calls them apes. Jarchi and Kimchi say such are intended as are called martens or sables, a creature of the weasel kind. The Hebrew word does not much differ from the Arabic one used for "wild cats": and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; whose voices are very mournful and unpleasant.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there - Hebrew, (ציים tsı̂yı̂ym). This word denotes properly those animals that dwell in dry and desolate places, from צי tsı̂y “a waste, a desert.” The ancient versions have differed considerably in the interpretation. The Septuagint in different places renders it, Θηριά Thēria - ‘Wild animals;’ or δαιμόνια daimonia - ‘Demons.’ The Syriac, ‘Wild animals, spirits, sirens.’ Vulgate, ‘Beasts, demons, dragons.’ Abarbanel renders it, ‘Apes.’ This word is applied to people, in Psa 72:9; Psa 74:14; to animals, Isa 23:13; Isa 34:14; Jer 50:

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְרָבְצוּ־	ve.ra.ve.tzu-	and they will lie down	H7257 →
שָׁ֣ם	sham	there	H8033 →
צִיִּ֔ים	tzi.Yim	desert-dwellers	H6728 →
וּמָלְא֥וּ	u.mal.'U	and they will be full	H4390 →
בָתֵּיהֶ֖ם	va.tei.Hem	houses their	H1004 →
אֹחִ֑ים	'o.Chim	jackals	H255 →
וְשָׁ֤כְנוּ	ve.Sha.khe.nu	and they will dwell	H7931 →
שָׁם֙	sham	there	H8033 →
בְּנ֣וֹת	be.Not	daughters of	H1323 →
יַֽעֲנָ֔ה	ya.'a.Nah	an ostrich	H3284 →
וּשְׂעִירִ֖ים	u.se.'i.Rim	and goats	H8163 →
יְרַקְּדוּ־	ye.ra.ke.du-	they will leap about	H7540 →
שָֽׁם׃	Sham	there	H8033 →

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Revelation 18:2
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable…
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:8
  Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
- Revelation 14:8
  Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
- Jeremiah 51:37
  Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 50:39–40
  So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
- Jeremiah 51:60–64
  Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.

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