Discovery BoxIsaiah 34:15 
Context34:15 Owls 1 will make nests and lay eggs 2 there;
they will hatch them and protect them. 3
Yes, hawks 4 will gather there,
each with its mate.
Isaiah 10:14
Context10:14 My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest,
as one gathers up abandoned eggs,
I gathered up the whole earth.
There was no wing flapping,
or open mouth chirping.” 5
1 tn Hebrew קִפּוֹז (qippoz) occurs only here; the precise meaning of the word is uncertain.
2 tn For this proposed meaning for Hebrew מָלַט (malat), see HALOT 589 s.v. I מלט.
3 tn Heb “and brood [over them] in her shadow.”
4 tn The precise meaning of דַּיָּה (dayyah) is uncertain, though the term appears to refer to some type of bird of prey, perhaps a vulture.
5 sn The Assyrians’ conquests were relatively unopposed, like robbing a bird’s nest of its eggs when the mother bird is absent.
