Discovery BoxIsaiah 13:21 
Context13:21 Wild animals will rest there,
the ruined 1 houses will be full of hyenas. 2
Ostriches will live there,
wild goats will skip among the ruins. 3
Isaiah 35:9
Context35:9 No lions will be there,
no ferocious wild animals will be on it 4 –
they will not be found there.
Those delivered from bondage will travel on it,
1 tn The word “ruined” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 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).
3 tn Heb “will skip there.”
4 tn Heb “will go up on it”; TEV “will pass that way.”
