Desert animals will mingle there with hyenas, their howls filling the night. Wild goats will bleat at one another among the ruins, and night creatures will come there to rest.
Parallel translations
- WEB The wild animals of the desert will meet with the wolves, and the wild goat will cry to his fellow. Yes, the night creature shall settle there, and shall find herself a place of rest.
- KJV The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
- BSB The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.
- NKJV The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the jackals, And the wild goat shall bleat to its companion; Also the night creature shall rest there, And find for herself a place of rest.
- NASB The desert creatures will meet with the wolves, The goat also will cry to its kind. Yes, the night-bird will settle there And will find herself a resting place.
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Desert creatures inhabit the desolation, underscoring how utterly Edom is forsaken.
Overview
The gathering of wild animals and night creatures in Edom's ruins depicts a land emptied of human life and given over to wilderness. The imagery, drawn from ancient pictures of desolation, stresses permanence and lifelessness. It serves as a solemn emblem of the end that awaits persistent enmity against God.
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- Isa 13:21–22But wild animals of the desert will lie there, and their houses will be full of jackals. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will frolic there.
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