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14 Wild cats will live there with hyenas.[a] Wild goats[b] will call to their friends. Night animals[c] will spend some time there and find a place to rest. 15 Snakes will make their homes there and lay their eggs. The eggs will open, and small snakes will crawl from the dark places. Birds that eat dead things will gather there like women visiting their friends.

16 Look in the Lord’s scroll and read what it says: Not one of these will be missing. Not one will be without its mate. God said he would make this happen, so his Spirit will bring them together.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:14 hyenas A kind of wild dog that often eats the meat of dead animals that other animals killed.
  2. Isaiah 34:14 Wild goats The Hebrew word means “hairy,” “goat,” or “goat-demon.”
  3. Isaiah 34:14 Night animals Or “Lilith, the night demon.” This name is like the Hebrew word for night.

14 Desert creatures(A) will meet with hyenas,(B)
    and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures(C) will also lie down
    and find for themselves places of rest.
15 The owl will nest there and lay eggs,
    she will hatch them, and care for her young
    under the shadow of her wings;(D)
there also the falcons(E) will gather,
    each with its mate.

16 Look in the scroll(F) of the Lord and read:

None of these will be missing,(G)
    not one will lack her mate.
For it is his mouth(H) that has given the order,(I)
    and his Spirit will gather them together.

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