Isaiah 34:12-14

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¹²The free men^[a] and leaders will all be gone, and there will be nothing left for them to rule.

¹³Thorns and wild bushes will grow in all the beautiful homes there. Wild dogs and owls will live in them. Wild animals will make their homes there. Big birds will live in the grasses that grow there. ¹⁴Wild cats will live there with hyenas.^[b] Wild goats^[c] will call to their friends. Night animals^[d] will spend some time there and find a place to rest.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 34:12 free men Important citizens of a town or country. These people came from “good families” and had never been slaves.
Isaiah 34:14 hyenas A kind of wild dog that often eats the meat of dead animals that other animals killed.
Isaiah 34:14 Wild goats The Hebrew word means “hairy,” “goat,” or “goat-demon.”
Isaiah 34:14 Night animals Or “Lilith, the night demon.” This name is like the Hebrew word for night.