Isaiah 34:13-15

Judgment on the Nations

13 o Thorns shall grow over its strongholds,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of p jackals,
an abode for ostriches. 1
14 q And wild animals shall meet with hyenas;
the wild goat shall cry to his fellow;
indeed, there the night bird 2 settles
and finds for herself a resting place.

15 There the owl nests and lays
and hatches and gathers her young in her shadow;
indeed, there r the hawks are gathered,
each one with her mate.

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 32:13
    For the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers, yes, for all the joyous houses in the exultant city.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:22
    Hyenas will cry in its towers, and jackals in the pleasant palaces; its time is close at hand and its days will not be prolonged.
    Psalms 44:19
    Yet you have broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.
    Malachi 1:3
    But Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:21
    But wild animals will lie down there, and their houses will be full of howling creatures; there ostriches will dwell, and there wild goats will dance.
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 14:13
    The kite, the falcon of any kind.
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