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13 Thorns 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. 14 Wild cats will live there with hyenas.[a] Wild goats[b] will call to their friends. Night animals[c] will spend some time there and find a place to rest. 15 Snakes will make their homes there and lay their eggs. The eggs will open, and small snakes will crawl from the dark places. Birds that eat dead things will gather there like women visiting their friends.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:14 hyenas A kind of wild dog that often eats the meat of dead animals that other animals killed.
  2. Isaiah 34:14 Wild goats The Hebrew word means “hairy,” “goat,” or “goat-demon.”
  3. Isaiah 34:14 Night animals Or “Lilith, the night demon.” This name is like the Hebrew word for night.

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