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Isaiah 13:21
English Standard Version Anglicised
Isaiah 13:21
English Standard Version Anglicised
21 But (A)wild animals will lie down there,
and their houses will be full of howling creatures;
there (B)ostriches[a] will dwell,
and there wild goats will dance.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:21 Or owls
Isaiah 13:21
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Isaiah 13:21
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Isaiah 13:21
King James Version
Isaiah 13:21
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21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
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Isaiah 34:14
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Isaiah 34:14
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14 (A)And wild animals shall meet with hyenas;
the wild goat shall cry to his fellow;
indeed, there the night bird[a] settles
and finds for herself a resting-place.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 34:14 Identity uncertain
Isaiah 34:14
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Isaiah 34:14
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Isaiah 34:14
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Isaiah 34:14
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14 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.
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Jeremiah 50:39
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Jeremiah 50:39
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39 (A)“Therefore wild beasts shall dwell with hyenas in Babylon, and ostriches shall dwell in her. She shall never again have people, nor be inhabited for all generations.
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Jeremiah 50:39
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Jeremiah 50:39
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Jeremiah 50:39
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Jeremiah 50:39
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39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
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Jeremiah 51:37
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Jeremiah 51:37
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37 and Babylon shall become (A)a heap of ruins,
(B)the haunt of jackals,
(C)a horror (D)and a hissing,
without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 51:37
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Jeremiah 51:37
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Jeremiah 51:37
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Jeremiah 51:37
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37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
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Zephaniah 2:14-15
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Zephaniah 2:14-15
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14 (A)Herds shall lie down in her midst,
all kinds of beasts;[a]
(B)even the owl and the hedgehog[b]
shall lodge in her capitals;
a voice shall hoot in the window;
devastation will be on the threshold;
for (C)her cedar work will be laid bare.
15 This is the exultant city
(D)that lived securely,
that said in her heart,
“I am, and there is no one else.”
What a desolation she has become,
(E)a lair for wild beasts!
(F)Everyone who passes by her
hisses and (G)shakes his fist.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:14 Hebrew beasts of every nation
- Zephaniah 2:14 The identity of the animals rendered owl and hedgehog is uncertain
Zephaniah 2:14-15
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Zephaniah 2:14-15
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14 Flocks and herds(A) will lie down there,
creatures of every kind.
The desert owl(B) and the screech owl(C)
will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
rubble will fill the doorways,
the beams of cedar will be exposed.
15 This is the city of revelry(D)
that lived in safety.(E)
She said to herself,
“I am the one! And there is none besides me.”(F)
What a ruin she has become,
a lair for wild beasts!(G)
All who pass by her scoff(H)
and shake their fists.(I)
Zephaniah 2:14-15
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Zephaniah 2:14-15
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14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work.
15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
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