Isaiah 34:14

The 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

In Context

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

15There shall the kipoz (bittern) nest, and lay eggs, 1 and hatch and care for young under her tzel; 1 there shall the dayyot (kites, vultures) also be gathered, 1 every one with its mate. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:21But 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

Jeremiah 49:33And Chatzor shall be a ma'on (dwelling) for jackals, 1 and a desolation ad olam (forever); 1 there shall no ish abide there, 1 nor any ben adam dwell in it.

Malachi 1:3But I hated Esav, 1 and his mountains and his nachalah I laid waste 1 into wasteland for the jackals of the midbar. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 34:10-17

Threatenings against God's Enemies. ( b. c. 720.) 9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. 10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. 11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of… Read the whole commentary →

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