Isaiah 13:22
And jackals shall answer, in their citadels, And wild dogs, in their voluptuous palaces,—And near to come is her time, And, her days, shall not be delayed.
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Isaiah 14:23And will make her a possession for the bittern, And marshes of water,—And will sweep it with the besom of destruction, Declareth Yahweh of hosts.
Isaiah 34:13Then shall come up, in her palaces thorns Nettles and thistles in her fortresses,—And she shall become A home for wild dogs, An enclosure for ostriches;
Isaiah 35:7Then shall the glowing sand, become a lake, And thirsty ground—springs of water,—In the home of the wild dog—its lair, Shall be an enclosure for cane and paper—reed.
Ezekiel 7:7The circle hath come round unto thee. O inhabitant of the land,- The time, hath come, The day of consternation, hath drawn near. And not the joyful shout of the mountains.
Zephaniah 2:14So shall lie down in her midst—flocks, each living thing of a nation, both pelican and bittern, in her capitals, shall roost,—a voice, shall resound in the window, the bustard, on the sill, for he hath destroyed, hath laid bare.
2 Peter 3:9The Lord is, not slack, concerning his promise, as some count, slackness; but is long-suffering with regard to you, not being minded that any should perish, but that, all, unto repentance, should come.
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 →