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21 But desert beasts will lie down there,
    and their houses will be full of howling creatures;
there owls[a] will dwell,
    and goat-demons[b] will dance there.
22 Hyenas will howl in its strongholds,[c]
    and jackals will make their dens in its citadels.[d]
Its[e] time is close at hand,
    and its days will not be extended any further.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:21 Or ostriches
  2. Isaiah 13:21 Or satyrs; or wild goats
  3. Isaiah 13:22 Lit. desolate places
  4. Isaiah 13:22 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads in the citadels of luxury
  5. Isaiah 13:22 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads And its
  6. Isaiah 13:22 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack any further