KJV King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 13:21
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.
WEB World English Bible
But wild animals of the desert will lie there, and their houses will be full of jackals. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will frolic there.
ASV American Standard Version
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Ziim have lain down there, And full have been their houses of howlings, And dwelt there have daughters of an ostrich, And goats do skip there.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 13
18 [Their] bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
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 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.
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וְרָבְצוּ־H7257 · ra.vatsto stretchשָׁ֣םH8033 · shamthereצִיִּ֔יםH6728 · tsiy.yiwild beastוּמָלְא֥וּH4390 · ma.leto fillבָתֵּיהֶ֖םH1004 · betplaceאֹחִ֑יםH255 · o.achhowling animalוְשָׁ֤כְנוּH7931 · sha.khanto dwellשָׁם֙H8033 · shamthereבְּנ֣וֹתH1323 · batdaughterיַֽעֲנָ֔הH3284 · ya.a.nahostrichוּשְׂעִירִ֖יםH8163 · sa.irhairyיְרַקְּדוּ־H7540 · ra.qadto skip aboutשָֽׁם׃H8033 · shamthere
Cross-references
Revelation 18:2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.Isaiah 34:11-15But 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 confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
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