Isaiah 13:21

13:21 Wild animals will rest there,

the ruined houses will be full of hyenas.

Ostriches will live there,

wild goats will skip among the ruins.

Isaiah 35:9

35:9 No lions will be there,

no ferocious wild animals will be on it

they will not be found there.

Those delivered from bondage will travel on it,


tn The word “ruined” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

tn The precise referent of this word in uncertain. See HALOT 29 s.v. *אֹחַ. Various English versions translate as “owls” (e.g., NAB, NASB), “wild dogs” (NCV); “jackals” (NIV); “howling creatures” (NRSV, NLT).

tn Heb “will skip there.”

tn Heb “will go up on it”; TEV “will pass that way.”