The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew bSodom and Gomorrah.
Nor will it be settled from generation to generation;
Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there,
Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there.
And their houses will be full of1 owls;
Ostriches will dwell there,
And wild goats will caper there.
And jackals in their pleasant palaces.
aHer time is near to come,
And her days will not be prolonged.”
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Isaiah 13:21
wild beasts—Hebrew, tsiyim, animals dwelling in arid wastes. Wild cats, remarkable for their howl [BOCHART].
doleful creatures—"howling beasts," literally, "howlings" [MAURER].
owls—rather, "ostriches"; a timorous creature, delighting in solitary deserts and making a hideous noise [BOCHART].
satyrs—sylvan demi-gods—half man, half goat—believed by the Arabs to haunt these ruins; probably animals of the goat-ape species [VITRINGA]. Devil-worshippers, who dance amid the ruins on a certain night [J. WOLFF].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 13:21:
Isaiah 13:20
Isaiah 34:13
Isaiah 34:14
Jeremiah 50:39
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