Isaiah 13:21

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; 1 and their batim (houses) shall be full of owls; 1 and ostriches shall dwell there, 1 and demons shall dance there. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20Lo lanetzach (not ever) shall it be inhabited, 1 neither shall it be dwelt in ad dor vador; 1 neither shall the Arab pitch ohel there; 1 neither shall the ro'im rest their flock there. 1

22And the wild beasts shall howl in their strongholds, 1 and jackals in their heichalot (palaces) of oneg (delight); 1 and her (Babylonʼs) time is karov (near, at hand) to come, 1 and her days shall not be prolonged.

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Cross References

Isaiah 14:23I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog, 1 and swamps of mayim; 1 and I will sweep it with the mat'ate (broom) of shmad (destruction), 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

Isaiah 34:11But the desert owl and the screech owl shall possess it; 1 even the yanshuf (great owl) and the orev (raven) shall dwell in it; 1 and He shall stretch out upon it the measuring line of tohu, 1 and the plumbline of vohu. + 34:11 See Gn 1:2 1

Isaiah 34:14The tziyyim (martens) shall also encounter iyyim (wild cats), 1 and a sa'ir (wild goat) calls to its companion, 1 and lilit (night creature) dwells there 1 and finds for itself a mano'ach (place of rest). 1

Revelation 18:2And he cried in a kol gadol, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Bavel Hagedolah. It has become a habitation of shedim (demons) and a beit hasohar of every ruach temei'ah (unclean spirit) and beit hasohar of every unclean bird and a beit hasohar of every unclean beast. And has become detestable, + 18:2 Isa 13:21,22; 34:11,13-15; Jer 50:39; 51:37; Zeph 2:14,15

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 13:20-22

The Doom of Babylon. ( b. c. 739.) 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. 21 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. 22 And… Read the whole commentary →

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