Isaiah 34:13

Thorns will come up in its palaces, 2 nettles and thistles in its fortresses; 2 and it will be a habitation of jackals, 2 a court for ostriches. 1

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In The King James Version

And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

In Context

12They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there; 2 and all its princes shall be nothing. 1

14The wild animals of the desert will meet with the wolves, 2 and the wild goat will cry to his fellow. 1 Yes, the night creature shall settle there, 2 and shall find herself a place of rest. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 44:19Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, 2 and covered us with the shadow of death. 1

Isaiah 32:13Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land; 2 yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city. 1

Isaiah 35:7The burning sand will become a pool, 2 and the thirsty ground springs of water. 2 Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay. 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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