Isaiah 13:21

But wild animals of the desert will lie there. Their houses will be full of owls; 1 and ostriches and wild goats will skip about there. 1

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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

20It will not be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation. 1 The Arab will not pitch his tent there, nor will shepherds have their flocks rest there. 1

22Hyenas will cry in their fortresses, and jackals in the beautiful palaces. Her time is near, and her days will not be delayed.

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Cross References

Isaiah 14:23“I will also make her into a possession of owls, and into pools of water, 1 and I will sweep her with the broom of destruction”—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. 1

Isaiah 34:11But wild birds and animals will live there; the owl and the raven will make their nest in it. 1 He will stretch over it the measuring line of ruin and the plumbline of destruction. 1

Isaiah 34:14The wild animals and the hyenas will meet there, and the wild goats will cry to one another. 1 Nocturnal animals will settle there and find for themselves a place of rest. 1

Revelation 18:2He cried out with a mighty voice, saying, 1 “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! 2 She has become a dwelling place for demons, 1 a refuge for every unclean spirit, 2 and a refuge for every unclean and detestable bird. 1

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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