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20 aIt will never be inhabited,
Nor will it be settled from generation to generation;
Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there,
Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there. 
21 aBut wild beasts of the desert will lie there,
And their houses will be full of1 owls;
Ostriches will dwell there,
And wild goats will caper there. 
22 The hyenas will howl in their citadels,
And jackals in their pleasant palaces.
aHer time is near to come,
And her days will not be prolonged.” 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Isaiah 13:22

In their pleasant palaces "In their palaces" - bealmenothaiv ; a plain mistake, I presume, for bearmenothaiv . It is so corrected in two MSS., the Syriac, Chaldee, and Vulgate.

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, ̈́ .

Hom. Hymn. in Apol. 77.

Of which the following passage of Milton may be taken for a translation, though not so designed: -

"And in their palaces,

Where luxury late reigned, sea monsters whelped,

And stabled."

Par. Lost, 11:750.

This image of desolation is handled with great propriety and force by some of the Persian poets: -

"The spider holds the veil in the palace of Caesar;

The owl stands centinel on the watch-tower of Afrasiab."

On this quotation Sir W. Jones observes, noubet is an Arabic word, signifying a turn, a change, a watch; hence noubet zudun in Persian signifies to relieve the guards by the sounds of drums and trumpets. Their office is given by the poet to the owl; as that of purdeh dar , or chamberlain, is elegantly assigned to the spider.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Isaiah 13:22:

Exodus 7:10
1 Kings 2:46

 

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