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13 Thorns will grow over its palaces,
    nettles and brambles its fortresses.
It will become a haunt for jackals,
    a home for ostriches.
14 And desert creatures will meet with hyenas,
    and goat-demons will call out to each other.
There also Liliths[a] will settle,
    and find for themselves[b] a resting place.
15 Owls[c] will nest there, lay eggs,
    hatch them, and care for their young
        under the shadow of their wings;[d]
yes[e] indeed, vultures will gather there,
    each one with its mate.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:14 I.e. desert demons of the night
  2. Isaiah 34:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads The Lilith will settle, and find for itself
  3. Isaiah 34:15 Or tree-snakes; LXX reads Hedgehogs
  4. Isaiah 34:15 Lit. in her shadow
  5. Isaiah 34:15 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks yes