Isaiah 13:22

Hyenas 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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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 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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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 34:13Thorns will overgrow her palaces, nettles and thistles her fortresses. 1 It will be a habitation of jackals, a place for ostriches. 1

Isaiah 35:7The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; 1 in the habitation of jackals, where they once lay, will be grass with reeds and rushes. 1

Ezekiel 7:7Your doom is coming to you who inhabit the land. 1 The time has come; the day of destruction is near, and the mountains will no longer be joyful. 1

Zephaniah 2:14Then herds will lie down there, every animal of the nations, 1 both the desert owl and the screech owl will rest in the top of her columns. 1 A call will sing out from the windows; rubble will be in the doorways; her carved cedar beams will be exposed. 1

2 Peter 3:9The Lord does not move slowly concerning his promises, as some consider slowness to be. Instead, he is patient toward you. He does not desire for any of you to perish, but for everyone to make room for 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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