Isaiah 34:14
“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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the islands,.... In Rome, and take up their abode…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The wild beasts of the desert - There is in the original here a paronomasia, which cannot be conveyed in a translation.…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 34:9-17
This prophecy looks very black, but surely it looks so further than upon Edom and Bozrah. 1. It describes the melancholy…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
wild beasts the desert … wild beasts of the island … satyr See on ch. Isa 13:21 f.
the shrich owl The Hebr. is Lîlîth, a…