Isaiah 13:22

And 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.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

In Context

21But 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

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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 34:13And sirim (thorns) shall come up in her citadels, 1 nettles and brambles in the strongholds thereof; 1 and it shall become the habitation of jackals, 1 and the abode for banot ya'anah (ostriches). 1

Isaiah 35:7And the sharav (burning sand) shall become an agam (pool, lake, pond) 1 and the thirsty land, springs of mayim; 1 in the habitation of jackals, where each [jackal] lay, shall be khatzir (grassland) 1 as well as reeds and gomeh (papyrus, bulrushes). 1

Ezekiel 7:7The Tzefirah (the Web) is come upon thee, O thou that dwellest in ha'aretz; the time is come, the Yom Mehumah (Day of Panic) is near, and not of rejoicing in the harim.

Zephaniah 2:14And herds shall lie down in the midst of it, 1 every beast of the Goy; 1 both the desert owl and the screech owl 1 will roost on her columns; 1 their voice shall hoot in the windows; 1 desolation shall be in the thresholds; 1 the beams of cedar will be exposed. 1

2 Peter 3:9But Hashem is not slow concerning his havtachah (promise), as some consider slowness, but is demonstrating savlanut (patience) + 3:9 3:15 toward you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to teshuva (repentance).

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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