Isaías 34:15-17
La Palabra (España)
15 Allí anidará la serpiente,
pondrá e incubará sus huevos.
Allí se juntarán los buitres,
ninguno carecerá de compañera.
16 Comprobadlo en el Libro del Señor,
no falta ninguno de ellos,
porque su boca lo ha ordenado
y su aliento los ha reunido.
17 Los ha sorteado por lotes,
ha repartido a suertes el país
para que lo posean siempre
y lo habiten de generación en generación.
Isaías 34:15-17
Dios Habla Hoy
15 Allí el búho hará su nido,
pondrá sus huevos y sacará sus crías,
y las reunirá para protegerlas.
Allí también se reunirán los gavilanes,
cada macho con su hembra.
16 Consulten el libro del Señor y lean:
No faltará ni uno solo de esos animales,
y a ninguno le faltará su hembra,
porque el Señor mismo lo ha dispuesto
y con su soplo los reunirá.
17 A cada uno le ha señalado su lugar,
con su mano le ha asignado su territorio,
y lo ocuparán por siempre;
por siglos y siglos vivirán allí.
Isaiah 34:15-17
New English Translation
15 Owls[a] will make nests and lay eggs[b] there;
they will hatch them and protect them.[c]
Yes, hawks[d] will gather there,
each with its mate.
16 Carefully read the scroll of the Lord![e]
Not one of these creatures will be missing,[f]
none will lack a mate.[g]
For the Lord has issued the decree,[h]
and his own spirit gathers them.[i]
17 He assigns them their allotment;[j]
he measures out their assigned place.[k]
They will live there[l] permanently;
they will settle in it through successive generations.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 34:15 tn Hebrew קִפּוֹז (qippoz) occurs only here; the precise meaning of the word is uncertain.
- Isaiah 34:15 tn For this proposed meaning for Hebrew מָלַט (malat), see HALOT 589 s.v. I מלט.
- Isaiah 34:15 tn Heb “and brood [over them] in her shadow.”
- Isaiah 34:15 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.
- Isaiah 34:16 tn Heb “Seek from upon the scroll of the Lord and read.”sn It is uncertain what particular scroll is referred to here. Perhaps the phrase simply refers to this prophecy and is an admonition to pay close attention to the details of the message.
- Isaiah 34:16 tn Heb “one from these will not be missing.” הֵנָּה (hennah, “these”) is feminine plural in the Hebrew text. It may refer only to the birds mentioned in v. 15b or may include all of the creatures listed in vv. 14b-15 (all of which are identified with feminine nouns).
- Isaiah 34:16 tn Heb “each its mate they will not lack.”
- Isaiah 34:16 tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “for a mouth, it has commanded.” The Qumran scroll 1QIsaa and a few medieval mss have פִּיהוּ (pihu, “his mouth [has commanded]”), while a few other medieval mss read פִּי יְהוָה (pi yehvah, “the mouth of the Lord [has commanded]”).
- Isaiah 34:16 tn Heb “and his spirit, he gathers them.” The pronominal suffix (“them”) is feminine plural, referring to the birds mentioned in v. 15b or to all of the creatures listed in vv. 14b-15 (all of which are identified with feminine nouns).
- Isaiah 34:17 tn Heb “and he causes the lot to fall for them.” Once again the pronominal suffix (“them”) is feminine plural, referring to the birds mentioned in v. 15b or to all of the creatures listed in vv. 14b-15 (all of which are identified with feminine nouns).
- Isaiah 34:17 tn Heb “and his hand divides for them with a measuring line.” The pronominal suffix (“them”) now switches to masculine plural, referring to all the animals and birds mentioned in vv. 11-15, some of which were identified with masculine nouns. This signals closure for this portion of the speech, which began in v. 11. The following couplet (v. 17b) forms an inclusio with v. 11a through verbal repetition.
- Isaiah 34:17 tn Heb “will possess it” (so NIV); NCV “they will own that land forever.”
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