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13 Thorns will cover its citadels.
Thistles and briers will overgrow its fortresses.
It will be a den of jackals,
a haunt for ostriches.
14 Desert animals and hyenas will gather,
and wild goats[a] will bleat to each other.
Creatures of the night[b] will settle there
and find a resting place.
15 An owl[c] will nest there.
She will lay eggs, hatch them,
and gather her young under her shade.
Falcons will gather there too,
each with its mate.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:14 The term translated wild goats later became associated with satyrs and demons, but here it seems to refer to regular animals.
  2. Isaiah 34:14 Hebrew lilith. In later Jewish writing this term became the name of a female demon.
  3. Isaiah 34:15 Or the arrow snake. The meaning of the Hebrew term is uncertain.