Discovery BoxIsaiah 32:13 
Context32:13 Mourn 1 over the land of my people,
which is overgrown with thorns and briers,
and over all the once-happy houses 2
in the city filled with revelry. 3
Isaiah 34:13
Context34:13 Her fortresses will be overgrown with thorns;
thickets and weeds will grow 4 in her fortified cities.
Jackals will settle there;
ostriches will live there. 5
1 tn “Mourn” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text vv. 12-13 are one long sentence.
2 tn Heb “indeed, over all the houses of joy.” It is not certain if this refers to individual homes or to places where parties and celebrations were held.
3 sn This same phrase is used in 22:2.
4 tn The words “will grow” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
5 tc Heb “and she will be a settlement for wild dogs, a dwelling place for ostriches.” The translation assumes an emendation of חָצִיר (khatsir, “grass”) to חָצֵר (khatser, “settlement”). One of the Qumran scrolls of Isaiah (1QIsaa) supports this emendation (cf. HALOT 344 s.v. II חָצִיר)
