Isaiah 13:21
New King James Version
21 (A)But wild beasts of the desert will lie there,
And their houses will be full of [a]owls;
Ostriches will dwell there,
And wild goats will caper there.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:21 Or howling creatures
Isaiah 34:11
New King James Version
11 (A)But the [a]pelican and the [b]porcupine shall possess it,
Also the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
And (B)He shall stretch out over it
The line of confusion and the stones of emptiness.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 34:11 Or owl
- Isaiah 34:11 Or hedgehog
Isaiah 34:13-15
New King James Version
13 And (A)thorns shall come up in its palaces,
Nettles and brambles in its fortresses;
(B)It shall be a habitation of jackals,
A courtyard for ostriches.
14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the [a]jackals,
And the wild goat shall bleat to its companion;
Also [b]the night creature shall rest there,
And find for herself a place of rest.
15 There the arrow snake shall make her nest and lay eggs
And hatch, and gather them under her shadow;
There also shall the hawks be gathered,
Every one with her mate.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 34:14 Lit. howling creatures
- Isaiah 34:14 Heb. lilith
Jeremiah 50:39
New King James Version
39 “Therefore(A) the wild desert beasts shall dwell there with the jackals,
And the ostriches shall dwell in it.
(B)It shall be inhabited no more forever,
Nor shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
Jeremiah 51:37
New King James Version
37 (A)Babylon shall become a heap,
A dwelling place for jackals,
(B)An astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
Zephaniah 2:14
New King James Version
14 The herds shall lie down in her midst,
(A)Every beast of the nation.
Both the (B)pelican and the bittern
Shall lodge on the capitals of her pillars;
Their voice shall sing in the windows;
Desolation shall be at the threshold;
For He will lay bare the (C)cedar work.
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